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Mothers already have a year of maternal leave, this is about fathers getting decent amount of leave as well. No one is taking anything away from you.

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The government is putting some money in it. I would prefer that money was used to extend the mother’s leave.

Again, no one is taking anything away from you as is. You can prefer that the money was given to mothers instead, that's fine.

Money is limited and the government decides how to distribute it. The difference between spending it on B and taking it away from A is, to me, absolutely unsubstantial.

By that logic, by giving the money to you, the government is taking it away from starving children. It simply doesn't work this way.

That’s quite a stretch. And it shows how limited your comprehension of the topic is.

Clearly, the money that goes to starving children comes from a different Department, and they are on different budgets. You just cannot move money like that.

And I still think that rather than giving a silly paternal leave, a longer maternal leave would be much more desirable.

Please edit out swipes like "What are you on about" from your comments here. They poison discussion badly.

The rest of your comment is fine.

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My apologies. Unfortunately I cannot edit that comment anymore.

Appreciated. I've re-opened it for editing if you want to take that bit out.

If you do, let us know at hn@ycombinator.com so we can remove the [flagged] annotation.

Edit: removed now.

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