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The government had previously extended paid maternity leave by one month from 3 to 4 months, with our taxes picking up the tab. This was over and above the Baby Benefits, which are really tax breaks that are applicable only to those families that make enough money to pay taxes.
I will say this even if no one else wants to say it. Our Baby Benefits are targeted at couples in the upper middle class and above to have more kids, and no one else. The provenance of new babies matters to our government; heaven forbid that the poor go forth and multiply. This is one more example of how our government's policies favor the rich rather than the less privileged.
Let's also not forget state subsidies for in vitro fertilization, which is largely an option open only to the upper middle class.
- http://flaneurose.blogspot.sg/2012/07/the-drive-for-more-babiesand.html
I will say this even if no one else wants to say it. Our Baby Benefits are targeted at couples in the upper middle class and above to have more kids, and no one else. The provenance of new babies matters to our government; heaven forbid that the poor go forth and multiply. This is one more example of how our government's policies favor the rich rather than the less privileged.
Let's also not forget state subsidies for in vitro fertilization, which is largely an option open only to the upper middle class.
- http://flaneurose.blogspot.sg/2012/07/the-drive-for-more-babiesand.html
