Germany is the strongest economy in Europe. Maybe we could boost our productivity by trying their vacation plans.
seriously, though. People need to recharge to remain at peak efficiency. Aww, but what do the Germans know? They just have the strongest manufacturing sector and best economy in Europe…
get_lives:
See, doctor Jackson, here’s the problem with your arguments.
When middle-class families have to choose between having kids and having the wife work enough to REMAIN middle class, what you get is childless couples who are slightly upper middle class, and people with kids who are barely even lower middle class. As a result, most kids grow up near the poverty line, with all the attendant issues that come with that. The wealthy won’t choose to have more than the usual 2-3 kids or so (see “The Fates of Nations” by Colinvaux for an ecological analysis of the reasons why), so the net result is that more kids grow up poorer than if there were mandatory paid maternity leave.
“But productivity goes down when there’s more maternity leave!”, you might say…and you’d be absolutely right. However, the gains in wealth from extra productivity go almost entirely to the 1%, leaving children in the same predicament as if we had lower productivity.
Now you’re right, there’s a ideal balance point somewhere, beyond which there are diminishing societal gains to making sure working moms have enough maternity leave. However, we’re not there yet.
The difference in our posts is that I cited facts to back up my assertions while you continue to type complete gibberish presented as fact.
No, but you keep trying. Chances are you’ll get the right of something eventually.
