Reply #36: Fair and equal are not the same thing. [View All]

Giving non-parents the same amount of leave would be equal treatment. So would giving all of the people who are fortunate enough to not get cancer the same benefit as those who do. Would that be reasonable? Would it be fair?

Nations that have these types of policies do so because they value their country's children and families. If you are not contributing to the welfare of your country by producing a healthy, well adjusted future citizen (and taxpayer), why should you be compensated?

Besides, a childless person will likely be more of a cost to society toward the end of his/her life than one who has children to help care for him/her.

Lots of things are not "fair" when examined from a narrow viewpoint. Broadening the scope often reveals that things balance out in the end.