None of that is free. If it was, that means the doctors and nurses delivering babies would be slaves, as well as those who make the diapers, the lactation consultants, etc.
If you say the government would pay, then you want the taxpayers to be enslaved to pay for all of this.
Months and months of parental leave? So many companies will lose money by paying the new parents and not getting any work from them.
And what the heck is she whining about? If what was about babies?
Let me say that I am in favor of some sort of single-payer universal health insurance and affordable or no cost child-care. But it is not free. Bernie Sanders often touts Medicare for all, but seldom tells us how we will pay for it other than his "tax the rich" spiel. If I have learned anything in my 7+ decades, it is that the middle class pays for everything. I am OK with that. Just be honest about it.
European countries can afford to spend taxes on their citizenry because we (the USA) provide the majority of their military needs. Most European countries have a minimal military and would be defenseless without NATO. The USA provides just under 25% of the funding for NATO (about $811 Billion in 2020; #2 is the UK at around $80 Billion)) Should we be financing NATO to that extent? I am not going to pretend to know the answer to that question. Maybe ask Ukraine and those that support funding their efforts in the past 10 months. The USA has spent $19.3B in military aid to Ukraine since February, the UK $2.7B, the rest of Europe combined less than $5B.
IMO, those that support the idea of all of that free stuff above are the same people who would protest the loudest if we stopped funding Ukraine.
The GOP isn't pro-life. It's anti-choice.
ReplyDeleteNone of that is free. If it was, that means the doctors and nurses delivering babies would be slaves, as well as those who make the diapers, the lactation consultants, etc.
ReplyDeleteIf you say the government would pay, then you want the taxpayers to be enslaved to pay for all of this.
Months and months of parental leave? So many companies will lose money by paying the new parents and not getting any work from them.
And what the heck is she whining about? If what was about babies?
European countries have all that. They invest their taxes in the citizenry while ours goes to the military.
ReplyDeleteLet me say that I am in favor of some sort of single-payer universal health insurance and affordable or no cost child-care. But it is not free. Bernie Sanders often touts Medicare for all, but seldom tells us how we will pay for it other than his "tax the rich" spiel. If I have learned anything in my 7+ decades, it is that the middle class pays for everything. I am OK with that. Just be honest about it.
ReplyDeleteEuropean countries can afford to spend taxes on their citizenry because we (the USA) provide the majority of their military needs. Most European countries have a minimal military and would be defenseless without NATO. The USA provides just under 25% of the funding for NATO (about $811 Billion in 2020; #2 is the UK at around $80 Billion)) Should we be financing NATO to that extent? I am not going to pretend to know the answer to that question. Maybe ask Ukraine and those that support funding their efforts in the past 10 months. The USA has spent $19.3B in military aid to Ukraine since February, the UK $2.7B, the rest of Europe combined less than $5B.
IMO, those that support the idea of all of that free stuff above are the same people who would protest the loudest if we stopped funding Ukraine.