Maternity Leave In The U.S. Vs. The Rest Of The World
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Sweden:
* Never pays more than 1200kr in one year due to hospital expenses.
* Schools free of charge, even universities.
* Free pre-school
* Paid Vacation
* Paid maternity leave (sorry, I can't spell the one for dads)
* Monthly financial aid given to a family for each kid
* Monthly financial aid can be requested during studies (which can be buffed with loans) to help pay literature, food, bills. You know.
What do we get in return?
* A healthy population
* An educated population
* A working population sense women can join the work force
* A healthy population that's more productive because they are well rested.
* Allowing working parents to raise their child and not having financial problems or losing their job (it's illegal to fire someone based on pregnancy. It falls under discrimination laws)
* Supporting families with a more restrained budget or saving the money for future use.
* A high educated population that's not dependent on rich parents to get a degree. Which is needed in most workplaces.
So yeah, I guess our "socialism" is not that bad?
Ikajo You forgot that most of that is recent and all of it is going to be unsustainable as the oil reserves run dry and you realize the immigrants outnumber the natives.
henry first It lives about 9 million people in Sweden, about 1,2 millions are immigrants. They don't outnumber the rest of the population. Unless you mean the sammi who are the actual natives in Sweden. Then, yes they are the minority.
As for oil, Sweden is more aware of the climate change and limits of resources then USA and are doing research. Thanks to an equal education system where everyone can go to university.
Ikajo
"It lives about 9 million people in Sweden, about 1,2 millions are immigrants.
Oh it is worse than I thought for Sweden. Goodnight sweet prince.
"They don't outnumber the rest of the population."
And in the dense urban areas?
"Unless you mean the sammi who are the actual natives in Sweden. Then, yes they are the minority." Swedish people are the natives, swedes, including sammi, not including anyone outside of the region.
"As for oil, Sweden is more aware of the climate change and limits of resources then USA and are doing research. Thanks to an equal education system where everyone can go to university. "
Off topic. University won't save you with unsustainable programs and no money or resources to pay for them.
Ah, but you see a lots of those immigrants are from European countries or the USA. Sweden has always had a lots of immigrants. The Belgium vallon worker (whose blood runs in my veins), the Finnish workers (whose blood Also runs in my veins) and a lot of others. Even our royal house is French! Back in the days Finland, Norway and parts of the Baltic's belonged to Sweden. So I wouldn't say we have that big of a problem.
In dense urban areas? You know, there isn't a city where the "Swedish" population isn't larger than the "non-Swedish" population. Given Sweden's history, even the peoples who came from a different country has to be considered Swedish after staying long enough. We like diversity in Sweden. Also, you apparently aren't Swedish, so maybe you shouldn't try to define what a Swede is?
It's better then USA who think you should drive everywhere and uses up most resources per capita in the Western world. Given the size of USA, making better and cheaper public transportations and recycling systems should be a priority. I live in a small city in Sweden, I don't have a car, I don't have a licence. I don't need them either, because the public transportations are really good. So I can go anywhere I want anyway.
Ikajo
Okay and good luck then it sounds like you have nothing to worry about
People need to stop comparing the US to all these countries with entitlements, if the US people want these entitlements, then we need to agree to increase taxes. You can't want without contributing to the funding. It's a constant, "oh did you hear so and so has free blah blah blah", the US picked having "the lowest taxes in the world" vs. all these government funded policies. It's like everyone is so shocked to hear this, yet we picked this... The US is capable of having these things, but not with the taxes we have now...
Basically, stop complaining how we don't have these things and then complain about raising taxes. It's one or the other, not both!
it's one OR the other....
Or we can stop spending most of our tax money on military and spend it on paid parental leave.
Agree stop comparing... just think that "there's no such thing as free lunch" if someone like to have good quality living there must be an exchange 😁
chelbunni On average, countries with more benefits have higher taxes. It's only logical...
They have higher taxes for pay for other things. They spend it on allowances for families. Plus, since EU and capitalist East Asian countries place little to no tariffs on their merchandise, they need to get revenue somewhere. 53% of our federal taxes go to the military. A huge chunk of that could go to paid vacations and parental leave.
more i learn about america more it seems to behind everyone else
USA is behind a lot of countries A LOT!!
There is one thing america is infront of every country..... OBESITY!!!
and putting his nose in others problems
nona lee in stupid things.
Yeah... It is. But we are ahead of all developed nations at being the "wealthiest poorest" nation in the world, as well as gun crime rates and the highest incarceration rate as well.
Not butthurt about this, just disappointed.
Me too :(
"I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed"
you sound like England if he found out about this
bad day?
Good thing I live in Sweden
Eyyyyyy high five!
I live in sweden, but im danish :)
ayy lmao meatball brotha!
goddag min broder
helå, mi brotha
In Finland school is also free ^^
Uk school is free and health care is free.
abdi1983 cool ^^
+janeli School is free almost everywhere...
***** hhhhhh why people always complain...its so god damn annoying.
+janeli do you even know what complain means?
this channel is unbelievably liberal, look at it like this... this is america and how you simply explain republicans vs. democrats... This year, I'm takin' candy from kids who have the most, to give to the kids too lazy to trick-or-treat themselves. Happy Obamaween. Merica.
Was not better with shitty Bush and father.
When literally every other country in the entire world is doing something, don't you think maybe it's a good idea to do that too?
nona lee please tell me exactly what was shitty at bush and dont you dare complain about those glorious under two dollar gas prices
CONS BRUH are u really asking this question? Really?
yes give me a rael fucking list because i think obama is much shittier than bush and can give you a lot of reasons
It actually really upsets me when I realise how far back America is in so many ways. I keep hearing jokes (especially by Americans for that matter) of people calling Australia far back. We're isolated. Not behind.
Me and my sister were born three months premature, but because of health benefits that are just normal here, the hospital took all the expenses, for the month she spent in hospital prior to the month we spent in hospital after being born. And that was A LOT of money. I remember being told that if I was born in America, I'd be dead. And that's entirely possible. And even if me and my sister had gotten the treatment we'd needed, our family would've had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars we just plainly didn't have, so for the rest of their lives my parents would have had to pay that off. It'd cripple us, we wouldn't be able to buy all the things we'd need because we'd have to pay it off.
Oh, and she still got maternity leave after all that.
0:30 Figures they mention Buzzfeed.
Cause they have paid maternity leave
Why should I as a taxpayer have to pay financially support other people and their children. God bless America
We have to pay for a ton of shit we don't like, like we pay the government so they pay farmers not to farm, we pay for wars we don't agree with, we pay for welfare for people that don't even need it. How can you say God bless America?
Because your tax dollars get lost in bullshit anyways.
A Touch Too Much Osiris Sees Arabella Brown I agree, our taxes arent being spent correctly, but that doesnt mean our system is flawed. Tax dollars should be spent on public services like public education and city services. Welfare and health care are private services. Working Americans shouldnt have to give their hard earned money to those that didnt earn it or made irresponsible decisions and are stuck in shitty situations. Why am I responsible for feeding you, feeding your kids, and making sure they get proper health care? You reap what you sow and thats whats makes our country great.
Why should our tax dollars go towards killing people, Viagra, penis pumps, and other ridiculous things that men make us pay for? Yep, women shouldn't get paid for keeping the human race alive.... I swear and I hope, that one day the majority of women get so sick of being treated as sub human and refuse to have children. Lets see where we get when we refuse to be your baby machines without financial support
Well, um. You see there are other people in this country too who struggle to support their children because, lets face it, for anyone taking care of a child is fucking expensive. Please realize THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OTHER THAN YOU IN THIS COUNTRY and if you were in their shoes you would want your wife to have paid maternity leave.
I'd say for women their employers should give them work to do at home so their leave pay isn't wasted. All jobs have a computer option such as taking phone calls (call center), organizing files, writing business letters, etc. Just give them the option to work on the computer at home, that's what my mom has been doing the past 8 years.
All jobs cannot be done at home. Think about factory workers, child carers, teachers, metal industry workers, practically all physical workers.
mintundeer True, but all factories have a corporate area, correct? Work for corporate for the time being. Teachers can make videos for their students or teach from a camera while a sub makes sure they aren't misbehaving. Physical workers could possibly take home jobs for their company, but that is a stretch considering you need a degree for everything.
well if you have a substitute teacher it is unnecessary to have the real teacher teach, also not everyone has materials to teach from home (my school teaches classes through camera for another school farther away to able to get there in time so I know what im talking about)
good point :)
That would probably be accepting a demotion in job status, which is the opposite of job security. And if your pregnancy isn't smooth sailing you're probably happy to rest adequately, not as if you're twiddling your thumbs unless it's your first child.
Funny what some people write : "If you are not ready financially and emotionally to get a baby then dont. I dont see a probolem ". Yeah of course...shove a human beeing through you gential and you have to back to work in 2 days or even the next day... So only rich people have the right to get a child or what?! -.- unbelievable!
If I'm being really honest, everything about the USA makes me wanna leave. SURE we have good colleges and education, but our government isn't anywhere near stable and our health care is terrible. And USA says they're equal to men and women but they aren't. My top choices for moving are Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Finland. Norway and the British Isles are a maybe too.
***** I have no intention of becoming a permanent resident anywhere. I plan hop from one country to another as I have commitment issues (with almost everything) and I plan to get a job that includes world traveling. I respect other countries more than America is all.
Dude, you'll find a way. Its not like you're wanting to travel around the solar system.
Its called Visa Free travel, The US has the most countries they can go to without a visa so your in luck
*****
Take a look at Fleance Gauat comment plz and don't criticize me for being curious about the world
Considering the trillions of dollars in debt the US already is, adding on paid maternity leave for anywhere near the length that some of these countries do is absolutely out of the question at this time. Millions of parents in the US x the thousands and thousands of dollars it takes to raise a child = a helluva lot more debt for the US. I agree that something should be done, but until we resolve our economic issues from other sources, it simply isn't plausible to focus on improving maternity leave issues.
We're the richest country even though we're in debt
Air After That doesn't make sense, you can't be rich if your in debt. Also, we're absolutely NOT the richest country whatsoever.
+Air After how are we rich when we are in debt?
Air After Kuwait and the U.A.E is far richer than the US and the US could just cut down on military spending and actually pay their debts.
Spysonic10 they are cutting back
108 weeks in Estonia, that's over 2 years not needing to be in work.
You can't say you want freedom and expect the government to hold your hand.
A fascinating short on the disparity in maternity benefits for women in the USA compared to the rest of the developed world. If you’re thinking of starting a family do it before you emigrate. - WOMBA Maternity Coaching UK
In Ireland, a woman gets 26 weeks leave at full pay, with an additional 16 weeks unpaid also available. However, there is no paternity leave available for men
Canadian. I like my 50 weeks (its actually a full year off, but you don't get paid for the first 2 weeks), with job security. You only get 55% of your salary, and you have to have worked a minimum of 600 hours in the 52 weeks before leave.
You also get 160 a month, per child under 6, and 60 a month for ages 6-17 regardless of income. It is taxable though.
in south africa. 4 months paid maternity leave nd ur job is secure because its a crime in south africa to discriminate against women who just had a child. not only wud u fave criminal charges ull get a hefty fine nd ull be hated in south africa coz ere everything gets published in the news government dnt control wht is reported we see it all. so ull be severly victimised if u discriminate against a new mother or father.
Girl I’m moving to Estonia. A full 2 years!
I like the Swedish law. Let's all follow Sweden's example. Keep up the good work, Sweden. Good on you!
I mean..... Apart from bestiality being legal and there even being animal brothels
Taydra Cole
so you say you have to fuck animals just because its legal? What kind of logic is that?
Taydra Cole oh god I didn't know about that...
thegirlwithedragon
Don't listen to that, it's legal but they're working on changing that. It's still very much frowned upon. The only reason it's legal is because waay back in the days there was a law against both bestiality and homosexuality. When they took away that law bestiality accidentally became legal too. Of course there's no animal brothels, that's ridiculous haha. I live in Sweden btw.
minuteofdecay00 thanks for clearing that up :)
Don’t blame the country blame the company it depends on which companies or workplaces allow my mother used to work in a bank and she said she got a 30 week leave
America doesn't have a federal maternity leave because it is up to the states to decide their own maternity leave. I believe in maternity leave and ever state should have it but it is up to the state. That is the point of America and part of the foundation of it, that the states can make their own rules.
federal law can still be applied
My grandparents came to the USA for a better life, as many have done before them. It is clear that things are better elsewhere and the USA is a rotting shell of what it once was.
my kids are gonna be Swedish
and I thought it was bad in Brasil... there's 3 months paid leave and job security since the start of pregnancy until 5 months after the woman goes back to work. well, it is bad. it's just worse in the US.
And nobody mentions that Swedish employers take a huge risk employing women who might get pregnant. It's illegal to ask women if they plan to have any babies!
That means running the risk of having to pay for two employees at the same time as the pregnant woman, temporarily, leave.
+No Thanks
The company doesn't pay for 2 employees.
The government pay the mother
The company pays the temp worker.
UNLESS the company is the one that offers the paid leave. Which most don't
In every video like this they say that finnish people gets soe sort of care package for rising a child but I'm frol Finland but i have never even heard of that... Things woman gets after giving a birth is couple weeks of "vacation" to rise the baby, money from the goverment and free day care and school.
Yeah it's true that we get the care package and if you haven't heard of it, you should google it ;) it's one of the many things i'm proud of in Finland
Yeah, it is a thing, but you can choose between the care package and extra money I believe :)
Buzzfeed tryin to advertise that they have paid maternity leave
We have 15 day paternity leave in India too besides the paid maternity leave ofcourse
I have to move to France, give birth,
and leave when the the kid's 20. Anyone else in?
The US gives like no maternity leave!! Lets all move to Sweden for a year and have out kids!! #SverigeForLifr
no offense to anyone but it's not the employing company's job to pay you when you're gone taking care of a child. i mean if you work you get paid, if you don't you don't get paid.
Finland mentioned❤❤😂👏👍
This is why Europe is great....
I think I might move to Norway. it seems perfect.
The military pays you on leave if you are pregnant and active duty.
because alot of women are in the military AND get pregnant
Well yah there actually are a lot of females in the military who get pregnant. Within the last 9 months there were two pregnancies in my company alone, and one of them gave birth. They even have a maternity uniform for pregnant women.
Ok so I'm reading all these comments about how awful the US is but I'm not starving so yup.
Tbh I think these countries provide all these benefits to increase their population
The USA sucks, but then again a child can go to free school till 12th grade, as well as free lunch for families who qualify. There is also the WIC program for mothers to help pay for food for the child... but then again other countries have that and so much more! D:
America.
Aren't we just the BEST?
wait wait wait so North Korea gives maternity leave?!
I'm moving to Sweden. I don't care if I can't speak Swedish.
"Wait...wat."
Did she just call Suriname an undeveloped country?
only 12 weeks? in the uk it 6-8 months payed!
I.will.go.to.estonia.for.work.
69 weeks. Sweden knows what's up.
Damn sweden is killing it
Fiona Kuhi its common for dads especially to combine paternity leave with their paid vacation, which is often 5 or 6 weeks, making it quite an awesome and long summer leave. My colleague went home february last year, he returned to work 31st of august.
Imagine Peace guilty ;3
is the hetalia following me or am i following the hetalia
And we get payed when we're on vacation!
Also, in Scandinavia we have extremely high taxes, but then again, we do have free healthcare (including dental care and not even *any insurance needed*), free daycare and free school for *everyone* sooo.. yeah. I'm glad I was born a Swede.
+Jonathan Dahlberg Free dental care until a certain age yes, then it costs a fortune..
Canada has all that stuff but when your 19 you have to pay for school and we don't get full dental care
+gohn dark, wish I lived in Norway, a person like myself would'ev had sooo many oppitunities along with correct care, guidance and support. Through both our education and work expirience an aspy like myself, could reach could almost reach they're full potential.
+Jonathan Dahlberg #sverigeärbäst
+madebyrakel still pay 55 sek / month, until they decide to raise it.. and then again the queues are so freakkin long that it takes more than 1 year to get a time at the dentist.. Well fucking played
I still don't get what's the "freedom" you guys talk about so much...
The only people who are free are straight, white, fully abled males.
Taydra Cole Yes. Everybody else is being taken advantage of somehow.
Taydra Cole
say what?
This is freedom. So forcing your people to pay higher taxes to afford "free" healthcare or maternity leave or "free" colleges is freedom? Just remember the only reason Europe is able to invest so much in public welfare programs is because their military expenditure is low because they expect the U.S. to take care of enemies.
We Europeans don't expect. We just know that eventually, the USA has to get envolved because it is a member of NATO. I agree that the States are the country who offers most military resources but its kind of sad that its important to defend people but help them with their health when they can't afford it, is questionable.
Sweden = equality on who takes care of the kids. totally proud :)
+MarI sabel Having the government telling families on who takes care of the kids, is nothing to be proud of.
+John Doe it's not a dictatorship. it gives people choice. AND both parents take equal care and responsability of their child. Nothing wrong with that.
Luke Warm
The government pays the parents to take care of the children, why is that so bad all of a sudden? Americans can be proud of their war loving country, so why cant we (or I) be proud of a much better functioning system? If you don't KNOW, google it. Don't just puke your ignorance around.
Puglous
Well the system is different in Sweden, we don't live in the 1930s. Why are you making things up about what the intentions are here? This works absolutely great here, and no one is complaining about it.
Puglous wow, really? I'm sure a woman from the 1930s would slap you right across the face for that comment. You know what, go live with the Amish, that's the system that fits you. Bye
The US is so weird, they don't really take care of their citizens...
The citizens take care of themselves instead of being low lifes and free loading from the government
TheImpiroGirl it is not the governments job to take care of the citizens that is their job (its called liberty)
Besides, the people in these countries pay a lot of taxes. So it isn't really the government providing...
missblueyesx Actually, taxes are higher in the US than in a lot of these countries. Why? Because you spend so much on your military. I'd rather live here in the UK, pay a similar rate of tax to the US, and get free healthcare (along with maternity leave, university partly paid for me, etc) ...rather than living in the US where I might die from not being able to get insurance but hey at least I'd be well protected from terrorist attacks, right? ...Right...? The US spends more on defence than something like the next 26 countries combined, 25 of which are allies and they still have more terrorist attacks etc.
***** how about people who CANT take care of themselves? They're put on the rubbish pile.
Why even bother about maternity leave when you dont even have free school? In Sweden we pay nothing to educate ourselves. Free healthcare? Not really, 120 dollars and then after that everything is free. Lets say for a cancer patient.. Free.. After 120 dollars.. All medical visits, all drugs, all everything. Free. After 120 dollars. Its really stupid to pay taxes, right?
Claes Petersson Swedish high-five! It's about $130, but that's not really relevant. ;) Also prescription medication costs you $260, then it's free (the doctor's visits and medication are two separate "funds").
To be able to get any medically necessary surgery/medication for (almost) free, is pretty damn awesome. Imagine being doomed to die or put your entire family in lifelong debt if you get cancer? Oh, right, there's a tv-show about that in the US...
+Claes Petersson Sounds good in theory untill you get sick and really need a doctor.
+John Doe Oh, that myth again, that you can't get to a doctor or their medical care is vastly inferior. Right. I mean, doesn't it seem obvious that your conservative media is pulling the wool over your eyes. These countries are clearly happy with their medical care and social welfare in general. Our rich business owners are terrified at the prospect of having to fund this, basically because they are greedy bastards, and have somehow managed to convince those that are most in need of it, that life will somehow get worse if we have what we deserve. The non-wealthy right wing is baffling to me. You fight for your own demise.
EnricoFermiTheThird It's not a myth I know this from experience.
+chamaeleont forpulede svensker!( guess where Im from)
That is incredibly RIDICULOUS. No offense to any of you Americans, but I don't see how the USA is so amazing like Americans claim it is. I mean, I live in Canada, and really ignorant Americans online make fun of that because they've never BEEN to Canada. We get many months off regardless of your job WITH PAYMENT, Job-security, and we always have free healthcare so the operation is simple. And there are many other countries that I've found just as free and just as good as the good old USA...
I'm American and I totally agree with you-we are dead
XD Yeah, there are points in which America is a good place, but overall, many Americans overate it. I've been and was NOT impressed, and never was beforehand or after.
The majority of jobs offer paid leave :P Besides, it's just maternity leave, you are acting like it is healthcare or something
+Maria Mcandrew Another American here and I agree. Lots of citizens here are selfish slobs (although not all are) and judging by this race's presidential polls, we're screwed. I' m moving to another country ASAP.
+Jessica Nguyen "A lot of people here are slobs..." Not true, the majority of people aren't.
Maybe the government could cut a bit of the military fund and pay for other things.
Hund Redfire Probably not.
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In Norway, where I live, the average person pays about 35-45% of their wages in taxes. Yes, that's alot. But then again, we all get it back in some way. Free education, public daycare, free healthcare for ALL (no need for insurance at all). When I had my son at 24 weeks we both got to stay in hospital for 3,5 months at no cost. We both received medical treatment probably costing up to a million us dollars, I got to stay close to baby, I was given three meals a day, and I received full pay while doing so. Oh yes, and my year of maternity leave was put on hold until we could take our baby home from the hospital. I shudder to think what our finances would look like if this happened in the US. I would probably have to commute from home to the hospital every day, and would end up with a mountain of dept and medical bills. Because I'm lucky enough to be Norwegian, I didn't loose a penny. My son also gets all the follow up medical care he needs for free. Vaccinations, physical therapy, check ups. All of it.
I pay my taxes with joy, because I have been on the receiving end.
phoeebee I was born in Europe and moved to the U.S when I was young. And all I have to say is that this is one of the worst countries in the world. The only thing they should be proud of is their military which is the reason for the rest of their problems. Much rather move to the baltic nations
UrSuperBeast UGH. i just did research and you are right. Europe is much better. I want to check out europe and see if it is better and i can move there.
phoeebee I don't think Americans would hate on this if it were 100% voluntary, where individuals can specifically sign up for a program like this, but the masses are not forced against their will to take part in it.
All of these things should be voluntary. That's what most people are not understanding. Many here do not want to be forced to pay higher taxes for other people who chose the [very] wrong path in life, like drugs addicts, thugs, etc.
Steve C We already pay for those that make the wrong decisions. Those that work every day are the ones that cannot afford the medical bills, insurance, and other costs. The average increase in taxes would be offset by not needing to pay insurance premiums, co-pays, deductibles, and such.
The question isn't if it should happen, but when will it happen?
Steve C That makes no sense. In order for the system to work it can't be 100% voluntary. Why? Because that's not how successful taxation works. People who are in need of the benefits would sign up and the people who have the capacity to pay for them without the service would not. Where would the money come from? The entire American capitalist system relies So if a woman is having baby, she is "choosing the wrong path in life?". Your comment is irrelevant to the topic at hand.
Good job scandinavia and FINLAND (even tho we pay a lot of taxes..)
And Estonia...
ForeverYoung6264 in case you were wondering things like that are why you pay a lot of taxes
dudester101 oh i know don't worry :) even tho the fact that we pay so much taxes may be irritating but they make good things possible haha
ForeverYoung6264
yes but you say its free but that is a lie because the goverment pays for it, wich means taxpayers pay for it, winch means *YOU* pay for it so. all it really does is gives them more control over the citizens and makes people pay for stuff that other people use and they might never use
dudester101 i have never heard a finnish person say it's free, but many foreigners say it bc they don't know about the taxes :)
lol buzzfeed just compared themselves to disney and google
+Shyam N Panigrahi It's not a roast, it's just that Buzzfeed as a brand is nowhere near as big as Disney or Google.
kind of both to be honest, buzzfeed doesnt look good, look at some ex buzzfeed employees made videos on working there.
Not real!y comparing themselves, they're giving other examples. Why do people always have to be so negative? It makes me so Angry.
Ari Björn Össurarson no they just made said that they have paid maternity leave so it’s not really a comparison but rather an example.
Anyone who's traveled outside of the United States should know that the United States is NOT the greatest country. It infuriates me when blindly patriotic people go on about how the U.S. Is so great, yet they've never been on a plane. Ignorance.
+Justin Hopkins It's part of their brainwashing
Preaccch
+Justin Hopkins How ironic that your blinding hatred of America has you complaining about America on a topic in which they are doing the right thing. Forced maternity leave is bad for everyone. You, are the ignorant one.
WiseMiser78 Just curious mate, how is 'forced' and paid leave after pregnancy bad for everyone? For the father? Mother? the child of course right?
Sailor Venus Right on point!! It's behind the developped world in MANY basic rights as a human should get, universal health care, free/cheap uni, trade union strength to protect there labour rights for paid time off and maternity leave etc. The US is always going to be this if I stand correct
Finland is lobely ✌ we have free school and daycare bitches. Also free schoolbooks. And free lunch 🌻
I live in Germany, and i Never even Heard that Students from other countries have to pay for their school books! Education should be free. Makes me sad that some People have to pay for it
Alina Victoria ikr ps ich bin halb deutsch:)
I think Sweden has that too, but not the day-care thing...
Kawaii Time yes thats right! i come from sweden, so i now
Ja jag är svensk också!
Bye, America, moving to Finland.
Welcome!
acegirlinastraightworld have fun
acegirlinastraightworld good luck learning finnsish I've tried for 9 years in school still can't have a conversation😒
good luck learning the language mate
Wait for me
Everybody complaining about how "nothing's free!!!111". Of course nothing's free lol. But I rather pay the taxes than struggle getting my kids in the schools they want etc. I haven't studied economy that much but the thing I know is that "free" school system with HIGHLY EDUCATED teachers -> more people able to work -> more tax payers -> more money to help those in need. Paying taxes is like paying your bills in parts. For the well being of people in my country I am willing to pay some extra since it has not so big of an effect on me in the end. Greetings from Finland.
And Americans still think the USA is a the best country ever. 😒
JJ Duck everyone should think their country is the best
Tay in the Machine I meant they think it's the best in all areas, which means that no one can do something better than them and why so mad
+Tay in the Machine more mass shootings, more innocent people getting shot by cops, little knowledge of the rest of the world and no actual culture yes you are right there is no country with this
they arent american invention are r actually indians discovering them and we allow u to use ours
hey,kids!No fighting!
"USA only developed contry that doesn't provide..."
USA ? Developed ? lol
Yes, the USA is developed. Honestly, even if people make fun of it for having no paid maternity leave and donald trump, many people would risk their lives to move to the us.
+iCore Big Cities = Developed
apparently
+Meow Cow i'm guessing that america don't have maternity leave because people are selfish and don't care about anyone but them selves
Well your brain isn't developed either sooooo :/
BURRRRN
It's amazing how Buzzfeed remembers Finland, I thought my country was forgotten XD
+MangaxOtakuxAnimexMureke your country is amazing man!
Oriol Thanks bro! :D
+MangaxOtakuxAnimexMureke Suomi on kyl aika unohdettu maa :( Kaikki artistitki kiertää noi Ruotsit yms. moneen kertaan ja Suomes ei käy kertaakaan
No one very remembers New Zealand ;(
Try being from Brunei...you never get mentioned
If you think America is slow check out where I live! At Bikini Bottom we get only 2 weeks to lay eggs and then your back to work until they hatch. Then you get another 2 weeks to care for them.
that comment gave me ebola it was so bad.
mrconor6842 Ebola is nothing compared the the suds. That shit will mess you up for life. Imagine having bubble coming out of your pours! It is awful and highly contagious.
Ph i didnt realise you were related to the ugly big nosed tentacled squidward. Could you ask him to send me a postcard?
Lmao I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I read your comment.
Canada is awesome
And MiniCanada.
where is that?
+DevILX7 minnesota
i need to go there. cause it's a mini part of canada in the USA, that deserves a look
True
Lot of people are saying it would cost too much to give paid maternity leave. Lets crunch some numbers here:
- Avg. fertility rate of women in USA is 2.5 babies per woman.
- Say 50% of the employees in a company are women
- Each woman will have 2.5 kids in her lifetime. So in a career span of 40 years, a women has 6.25% chances of having a baby in a year.
- So, if you have 400 employees, you will be giving paid maternity leave to only 25 people in a year. Assuming you give 6 months paid maternity leave, you will only be losing 12.5 people's annual salary worth of money.
That's really not much for a company. In return you get a healthy, happy and productive workforce, as well as ensuring healthy children who will make up future workforce of the country.
Yeah but what about the smaller businesses with maybe 50 people or 25 people
MrJdavi3
Fine, we can make the law applicable for only companies having more than 50 or 100 employees.
Agreed. So demmand that the company you work for provide it through civil disobedience, unions, and protest. Don't force me to pay for it through taxation.
lmao how does someone have half of a baby...
@@slh14x It's an average... 2.5 means the average woman has 2-3 children.
It's weird to see Finland mentioned 8D I'll never get used to it lol
Us Finns are conditioned to think that we're the worst country in the world, but in reality, we have it better than nearly anyone else!
Oh, Finnish mentality, never change.
worst country in the world?? Man you Finnish are just to modest. Sorry if I offended you.
best wishes,
A Canadian.
If you are going to Finland... Good luck learning our launguage
Wow, the US sucks butt. I should move back to Canada.
***** I'll try :L
Canada is boring!
I'll help you pack your bags.
Take me too plz
Good, I'm sure the US doesn't want you.
I love my country the one and only Swedeeeen
wohoo
Sverige är allt bra land✌
Kanya Nadjem Ssswwweeeedddeeennn!!!!!
Kanya Nadjem Sverige!!!🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
The US is a hopeless case in so many different ways.
Jelmer And a good one too
I'm just waiting for them to go down in flames.
Sascha Levi that’s harsh. ;(
I am a DISNEY FANATIC & POTATO LOOKING HEAD It's realistic.
This is why I love Sweden
And Americans always say they're better than other countries...
Some people do, but PLEASE don't group all Americans into one category. Not ALL Americans think they are better than other countries. Not ALL Americans are fat. Not ALL Americans are rude. Not ALL Americans do anything the same! We are a melting pot of all different races, sexualities, ideas, and personalities. Not ALL of ANY COUNTRY do one thing the same. I always grew up thinking other countries really respected Americans. But judging by the internet, I have learned that everyone hates us. But yea please don't stereotype
A *LOT* of Americans never said we were better....
At this point, even Americans think those people are delusional.
That's like saying someone with all As and one D is worse than someone with all Bs and one C
The United States Of America is the best country in the world, we are a fucknormous world power
And you call your land free...
How does this negate freedom in anyway?
It doesn't.
Osumeh Bin Luden yes.
free of basic rights yes.
Joey28P so the government paying for your bad decisions is a basic right?
Don't think so bud
USA is thee stopidist cuntrys in thee world
What!? Estonia gives 108 weeks!! That's 2 years
Yeah, that's when the kids go to kindergarde. Also we have free helth benefits for working adults and students and school is also free.
Kaisukas Kuubis but it is still way to long.
that is why daycare exists - you should use it.
well here in Russia it's 3 years
Jelmer I agree that it is crazy they have like 1 month of leave. However 2 years then the baby is old enough to talk. depending on which industry you work in but after 2 years without any work can make you obsolete in your field. and Rada Surmach 3 years is just insane - like most of Russia ;)
well some people choose to go back to work earlier, basically it's paid every month until the child is 1,5 years old and then they just secure your job for you until it's 3
I think that mothers (or the primary parent) should get 3 months (12 weeks) of PAID maternity leave, 3 months of UNPAID maternity leave, and Job security for up to 6 months of extra time that they might decide to take off. On top of that, the other partner should get 1 month of PAID leave and 2 months of UNPAID leave.
Thats very reasonable
Raise the taxes and this is our solution!
Catbat62 Or they could put their tax money to good use.
Deidre Soto America pays extremely low taxes at the moment because of there being no national health service so its easier than u think. Hun.
People always say that Americans think the USA is great. Well we don't. At least not all of us. There are so many things that we're so far behind on, we're even lower in some areas than some third world countries.
I was born in America, so it will always have a place in my heart, but I'm sorry. After I get out of college, I'm moving to Sweden. No questions asked. This country is falling into the trashcan, fast.
Hey Finland is pretty close to Sweden come say hello!
Yo we have a bridge/tunnel, come say hi in Denmark, will you?
Bye I'll pack your bags
I don't care if you are liberal or conservative. Paid leave after a baby is born corresponds perfectly with the values of both schools of thought.
The "how long?" and "how much?" part of the debate is a matter of opinion. EVERYONE should support paid maternity and paternity leave regardless.
(Personally I think 8 weeks paid leave at an allowance of 500 dollars per week is completely doable in the US)
1:04 Go Estonia! :D
So i have seen many videos like this where they compare country's in different ways and usa always seem to fall far far behind, so why does it seem like so many americans think they live in the greatest country in the world!? Uneducated maybe!?
I myself live in sweden and has no interest at all in living in usa. But i have a friend that dreams of it for some reason, he seem to think he get allot more financial freedom!
Uneducated. I also have friends who want to go to America and have no idea that you really pay for medical stuff and have to take debts to afford colleges or universities.
Here after the baby is born, each father is entitled to 5 weeks of paternity leave. Only him can take them, it was created to help the father-baby bond. The parents also have what is called parental leave. 50 weeks to share or not among themselves as they see fit. Back in my day, the one taking the parental leave was paid 55% of his/her salary, and if my memory is good, it was not tax deductible.
+Punta Kinte What country do you live in?
+Katherine Kuznetsov Atlantis.
I'm just thinking of 19 kids and counting in other countries. She'd make bank by just doing the same thing.
haha!
no, its paid leave regardless of whether you have twins or a lot of kids. If you have a child that is not working & not a minor, they're responsible for caring to the newborn.
Estonia up there with 108 weeks. Yay us!! 🎊🎉🎊
eh i dont really see why you should get paid, you're not working
then how are you supposed to pay for the baby? lol
yeah you're only securing the population's and economy's future. meh.
You plan and save, that's how. Don't have a baby you can't afford
Securing the economy? You mean more unnecessary spending that can be prevented by simply planning and saving.
DONT HAVE A BABY YOU CANT AFFORD
Javiera
why would you have a baby if you cant pay for it :/
Thats because America is a capitalistic society. Those countries you listed are mostly part of the European Union which is a much more Socialist area of the world. This video is a bit misleading.
It's not misleading at all, you door knob.
Also, America has many socialistic (and corrupt) ideas/concepts embedded into the economy/politics.
this may be true but it's not an excuse for the way things are now
take japan then. Australia, Korea, Taiwan and so on. u'll see USA is far behind others
most european countries, esp the western ones, are still very much capitalist, they just have a social security system and there's possibilities to get support from the government.
LoE vGo 1) he said european union
2) what the heck is the english union?
Suomi Mainittu,torilla tavataan
Jepp
torilla tavataan
Näin
Torilla tavataan
tääl on kylmä
The reason the United States is called the greatest country, is because it WAS at one point, with freedom and rights that other countries didn't have. but now, we have literally nothing great that other countries don't have, kinda sad to see what was a great country go down the drain..
+Tricia Capps When was it great?
+Charlie Brooks In WW2 the US was relatively better than most countries at that time, so I guess from 1938-1945?
Joe Qiao Great for America I guess, but not for the people it nuked
It was great in 1938-1945 if you weren't black maybe
Do you know why we nuked them or are you just an idiot?
SUOMI MAINITTU TORILLA TAVATAAN!!
A Girl From Finnland perkele
TUON MAKKARAT
I agree. Let's all just have babies in Sweden. Probably would, too, if it worked that way.
Better go for example to germany, if u get few kids u ll get house as big as the number of your kids is, every kid gotta have separate room. 5 kids = house with atleast 5 rooms, and you will get money to buy a good car too.
lol where did you hear that
Yeah you should! Almost everything (that the government or the state provides is freekr
I'm not getting married or having children. If I do, it will be when I get a good job in another country that isn't America. It's just clear to me that my country doesn't value me that much as a person.
Most companies do have maternity leave. Stop whining.
Darth Lmr521
Yeah unpayed.
There is a reason that all of those countries are putting aside so much money to give women & men time off to tend to their children. You know what that reason is? That they want healthy babies and stable families. This is the corner stone for society to function & thrive. To have high academic goals & that each child reaches their highest potential. They believe that this should not be something that only the rich should be able to achieve. Does that sound so bad? That women can have a baby & stay home for six weeks (what doctors recommend a woman take off to heal after having a baby). To allow men to stay home to help care for the baby & his wife / partner? Most industrialized countries in the world are looking to the US in pity that we don't care for our families.
Yes. This is exactly what we need buzzfeed. Higher taxes. And socialism. I DONT WANT TO FEEL THE BERN.
Feel it
AGHHHHHH
+spiddyman007 HIgher taxes only on those who make more than $250,000 a year. And free healthcare. And free college... sooo you'd be saving a lot more than the taxes you'd end up paying (~$30 more on the working class per year) if it needed to happen. And quite frankly I don't mind paying more taxes if it means I'd get to go back to college and not have to worry about how I'm going to pay for my inhaler since my health insurance given by my company only covers you after you pay $3,000 deductible.
Secondly, DEMOCRATIC socialism~ Look up the difference and stop thinking of socialism as such a scary thing!
Sooo... #FeelTheBern ;)
Autistic? Wow, what a great way to describe someone (sarcasm). I won't even begin with what's wrong with you using that as an insult, will just move on into my main point without insulting you.
"Honey", there's the main reason of Bernie isn't of the establishment and won't pay them to vote for him. There's also the fact that Hillary has had super delegates behind her before any of the primaries started - roughly 400 (which quite frankly isn't fair to any candidate). The election is rigged, and that's how it is. No matter what happens to Bernie (as in whether or not he gets the nomination) I will continue to back him through whatever he does and his ideas. Bernie has created a momentum with people of all ages, and it will continue to create momentum and change. He has started a revolution where people will refuse to take part in countless wars, to take care of people, and to understand that our minimum wage hasn't kept up with inflation. I'll continue to be involved in politics - as I have been for the last three or four years now - and I will continue to do what I am doing (research candidates, and see who fits what I stand for morally and not based on parties).
Have a wonderful day, and I hope maybe you'll find better words to describe people who don't agree with you.
(Oh, and try not to throw the "get a job" in my face. I have a job that I work anywhere from 40-50 hours a week with $15/hour. I had to move back in with my dad to find a job and then leave four months later after finally getting a decent wage. I pay way more than I need to with taxes and loans that I needed for a SINGLE year of college.)
exactly.
the solution: play League of Legends
... Wow. Just wow
Or just watch people spam the comments with 'Darude - Sandstorm'
Patricia is right, and it is cheaper than abortion
It's ironic how every politician will claim to care about the youth of the country, but then block, refuse to back, and or ignore anything that would legitimately help any of them.
Proud to be Estonian (once again)
UniCarrot I’m British
I'm a kiwi ( New Zealand ) And we have great healthcare and employment rates.
But I can help but applaud the Nordic (Scandinavian) countrys for being so.. Amazing.
The only socialist country's are the best country's in the world... Literally.
I don't know why Americans don't let Bernie sanders just take control and turn the US socialist already?!?!
US needs to step up there game
thereerewrejfhekrg*
Exactly, i see 12 year old not knowing how to spell. They should really fire their grammar teachers, i bet he/she is a cow trying to teach kids
Moooooooooo.......
***** You mean to use correct grammar, as there and their aren't miss spelt just wrong grammar?
Totally. The U.S. hasn't done anything good for anyone at all. Plus, the U.S. has the worst military out of everyone.And to top it all off, the U.S. is poor, technologically behind, and doesn't provide any world changing technology.
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You layed it on too thick, the idiots will think you are serious.