What’s 8 weeks divided by 7? That sounds fair.
Wait… People find this argument to be rational and coherent?
It’s nonsensical. What does the period of a time that a puppy stays with its mother have to do with maternity leave?
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Because puppies are cute and fluffy?
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She gives them? Who pays for that again?
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Right- that money should be going straight into the Congresscritters pockets- like Duncan Hunter: $625 for a first-class ticket for his pet rabbit; Hawaiian shirt charged as golf balls for wounded veterans.
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Replacement balls?
Don’t know about her analogy to dogs, but 12 weeks for maternity leave isn’t unreasonable.
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Well, he did do something for staff, screwing two of them while he and his wife stole everything that wasn’t nailed down.
Yes, it’s easy to spend tax payer dollars giving her people what she feels they deserve.
Has she dropped her Congressional health care yet for the ACA coverage?
I think the point is, dogs that are properly raised stay with their mother until the weaning period is over.
In the US we don’t even allow a proper time for bonding. Our maternity leave and care is atrocious.
It is. And if any company wants to contractually agree to that term with an employee, that’s their right.
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Makes you hanker for the good old days when a woman stayed at home, don’t it?
It’s unintended consequences all the way down.
As a woman, um no. I would go bonkers.
So, I assume that you’re joking/being snarky but reality is while it might be beneficial to have a parent at home, the economic gods need to keep that in mind as they continue to shape the economy.
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Let’s not presume gender.
Presume? I am saying that any parent can stay home to care for a child. This whole it’s a woman’s job is so 1900s.
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Anyone can be a woman if he wants to be.
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That’s what travel soccer is for.
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I don’t know what that is.
OK. 
Well you could have explained it.