From WSJopinion: Federal paid leave takes over private benefits and subsidizes the affluent. Americans will pay for this entitlement for decades.
Democrats are back in Washington this week to jam through their $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill within days, including a radical government incursion into American work and family life. With the stakes so high, we’ll devote the coming days to telling you more about these vast new programs.
Start with the new entitlement for paid leave. The Ways and Means Committee bill tasks the Treasury Department with setting up a program to pay up to 12 weeks of leave for all workers, including the self-employed. This is not a maternity benefit, but a broad program for both sexes to care for new children or an ailing relative “by blood or affinity.” Benefits are supposed to replace about two-thirds of wages on average.
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