Quantum Windbag
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I don't find that argument, at all, compelling.
If you don't want women to pay a disproportionate share of materinity costs...then give them a tax credit for their actual costs.
Secondly, if you really want to get serious about making men pay, then everytime a single mother shows up at the county clinic looking for free pre-natal care, she should be required to identify the father so his ass can be back charged some painful amount for gettiing her pregnant. And he's gonna pay child support too. The state may supplement, but only after the needle has extracted a lot of blood from him. And maybe you should go after his parents. Not fair.....? What's fair about us paying for the fact that he's screwing around and walking Scott free ?
Don't let them get away with the lies, their share is not disproportionate. A disproportionate share occurs when someone pays more for getting less, they pay more for maternity coverage because they use all of it.
That I understand. However, children are an important part of our society and they need a comprehensive safety net. What that also includes in making fathers responsible.
I can live with that. What I object to is forcing unmarried men who are not engaging in sex and women past childbearing age to pay for other people's actions. I also find it offensive when idiots claim that women of child bearing age pay a disproportionate share of the costs of maternity care. If anyone is paying a disproportionate share of maternity care it is the people who don't use it, but still have to pay for it.
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