Comment on Campaigners tie baby slings to statues in call for better UK paternity leave
Zip2@feddit.uk 1 day agoThere are too many people, I’ll agree.
However you can’t take away peoples biological rights to reproduce.
But you can give fathers a bit more time off early on to help with looking after their family. A few weeks of extra paternity leave funding would probably work out cheaper in the long run for the treasury vs all the alternatives.
Plus you need a constantly supply to refresh the workers who are getting older and cluttering up the top of the population pyramid.
fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I’m not trying to take anyone’s “rights to reproduce,” I just don’t want someone reaching onto my wallet to incentivize increased population because its a stupid thing to do that harm humanity in the long run
This is coming from somene who supports things like single-payer universal healthcare, broad financial support for education, ensuring housing for people, etc.
Zip2@feddit.uk 1 day ago
How is giving fathers a bit of extra time off incentivising increasing the population??? They were going to have the child anyway!
It’s not reaching into your wallet, it’s everyone’s. And the cost is far offset by the taxes levied on that child when it starts work anyway.
fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Its right there in what you typed, its giving them time off. That’s what inventivizes them.
I’m part of everyone, so yes, it’s reaching into my wallet.
Zip2@feddit.uk 1 day ago
No it isn’t. I speak from personal experience. Twice.
ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 1 day ago
Would you honestly take on at least 18 years of responsibility for another human being in exchange for a couple of weeks off work? Do you seriously consider that an incentive?