The end of capitalism

[BlueStreak]

I heard on NPR yesterday that German women can take up to a year for maturnity leave, with pay up to a limit of $37,000. But, the pay doesn't come from the womans employer while on maturnity leave---it comes from the government.

Dave

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I heard on NPR yesterday that German women can take up to a year for maturnity leave, with pay up to a limit of $37,000. But, the pay doesn't come from the womans employer while on maturnity leave---it comes from the government.

Dave

Yep. It's all about Germany (and a number of other advanced nations) having a birth rate less than is necessary to keep their society going (in terms of a replacement generation to pay taxes to support today's retirees, etc.). It's been that way for at least 30 years. It's either have more German babies or allow more Turks to immigrate.