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Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by rglullis on Friday February 07, 2020 @04:24PM (#22271118)
In which part of there is no point in trying to argue "fairness" in who-gets-what if "fairness" is not the point of the Welfare State am I losing you?
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Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by codingmess on Friday February 07, 2020 @07:06PM (#22272549)
Your original claim was that parents don't really get "Elterngeld", because they pay for it themselves in taxes.
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Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by rglullis on Friday February 07, 2020 @07:52PM (#22272831)
No. My comment was just an ironic way of saying that there is nothing "given" by and from the Government. Whatever is "given" is actually taken from someone else and redistributed. I thought that was clear already.
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Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by rglullis on Saturday February 08, 2020 @06:04AM (#22275167)
to late to edit, but I meant "taken from everyone and redistributed"
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