“President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States should join the rest of the industrialized world and offer paid leave for mothers of newborns.
“Many women can’t even get a paid day off to give birth — now that’s a pretty low bar,” Obama said at the White House Summit on Working Families. “That, we should be able to take care of.”
The president is talking about paid maternity in the midst of a midterm election campaign focused on women voters, raising questions about how he would fund such a system. “If France can figure this out, we can figure this out,” Obama said.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola (TYT University), and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) break it down.
*Read more here from Nedra Pickler / Associated Press (via ABC News):
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-us-offer-paid-maternity-leave-24268165
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http://www.forsakringskassan.se/privatpers/foralder/barnet_fott/foraldrapenning/om_foraldrapenning
Sry about the other failed link >.<
Press the English button for the info in English on this official Swedish website.
Here is an official website in eng ;) http://www.forsakringskassan.se/privatpers/foralder/barnet_fott/foraldrapenning/om_foraldrapenning/!ut/p/b1/hZDLjqJAGEafxQewqeJWxbIQ5M5wF9kQQFoBARUQ8OnHSWYznXTPv_uTky85h0qomEq67Fmds7Hqu-z650_4FNPAEkVIAOBCAggGobmDDFA0QB2oOC5WJBXaLGvSJTpcisMj8eLzKt51q8VjGx91pTA_J3mRkDUTPam1QhbLON3nOIOqmJ0Eh17tUcCnptVJD-5cgdjB66D7HLVa9veLy3PxDnYSifusPKJSWxAbKu185bqd-YIMfvalxadjh7rtaqnNdOQjayrtME_WZfc4HK5SURtuVV4ydgaBO8IMLoEKxBOrJpgMz_U-sZu37PEtC745Av7XQqeSKm8_5qL9AB-IgyxgGIRZwLKYpd-lki8DvwAERNkDGuxFGoToK6CwPPMGdDlSuRBiA34FMOEh0KAaQNcWPcng_gI_KfwoQQPq-AbQ95aQCqgYsKlfzzdG6IEjqaFdjb4jWELkSxN-lPXc3NawH_wdNFf8MheQhhehN4wdZ81hGtZSYjky3HkBgSAg2GrixJF18jzpZHi5EEpWajUh40iJZAfrGggMET-9mXD2dIr_rQwxhO-4mGM4xAg8ZqgoLoZFGrRZ0uLLwAQzfa2szvDnSEH1tal0NW8ORl6oxu0gorILtthy83PKlOdQzg0GZv5DeJBoNmFDz0qfEd_ittmwssarMkU0LcJZkKQ036qjE6SmITRNbBd3D7ka27gdmowa8WEWeYkxnPcPxZlHDuU9s0en4XHebChb7duSurVPk9NlT33Fr5JsNr8BzDTfMw!!/dl4/d5/L0lDU1EvUU5RSy80SlVFL2Vu/
We´ve got 480 days that the parents have too share with each other here in Sweden. Did not know about the US not having this option lol