Does America want Moms to stay at home?
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Does America want Moms to stay at home?
| Mon, 12-12-2005 - 11:28am |
It was actually dh that suggested that America (gov't I suppose) wants Moms to stay at home. From what I have learned from these boards daycare is hideously expensive and maternity leave is very short. Many have said they couldn't afford to work because of daycare costs. Compare this to Canada where we have $7 a day daycare and Quebec is increasing maternity leave to 2 years at 55% pay or 1 year at 75% pay in January. With the $7 a day daycare Moms can easily afford to work, and with the paid maternity leave Moms can easily afford to stay home. It seems that in the states you're 'forced' into situations because it's your only option. Can't afford daycare? Stay at home. Maternity leave too short or have to work to support the family? Go back to work. Would any of you prefer if it would be easier financially to make either decision like it seems to be in Canada or are you fine with how it is?






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No, that's about what she said. But she did NOT say that was the only thing that would cause an increase in inflation.
Whether teachers are fairly compensated depends a lot on where you live. Where I live they are. Where my mother in law lives, they are not.
Also, just to set the record straight, while teachers do have more vacation, it amounts to 6 weeks more than I have. Do you think a teacher deserves to be paid half what an engineer does because she works 6 fewer weeks per year?
Here, teachers can work up to a pretty good wage but there are areas of the country where with 10 years experience, a teacher can't make half of what an engineer does. Given what they are responsible for and what I am responsible for, in my work, I have to wonder about that.
I think many teachers are under paid even with the added vacation time considered. It really depends on what state you're talking about.
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Yeah? She never said price increases weren't multifactoral. Her *only* point was that increasing the minimum wage increases prices enough that workers don't actually realize the increase in wages.
She didn't say there weren't other factors that cause prices to increase. She didn't even begin to imply it.
She didn't say that removing minimum wages would stop inflation.
No, we don't. Inflation is caused by many things all at the same time. Although other things ALSO affect inflation, it doesn't negate the fact the raising the minimum wage affects it. It's not a "possibly" thing. How exactly could raising wages across the board *not* affect prices?
This is economics at it's simplest.
If I have to pay Jonny $8 an hour to pick corn (rather than the $6 I paid him before), then I have to increase the price of corn to keep turning the same profit. Since corn is now more expensive, Jonny probably still won't be able to afford it and all other people who love corn and are used to being able to buy it at a reasonable price either start demanding raises or stop buying corn.
Should companies not be allowed to make profits? Is that it? Should there be a 'maximum allowed profit'? Or 'minimum set
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Why wouldn't they? Why shouldn't they?
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