On 2/2/13 7:16 AM, True North wrote:
On Saturday, February 2, 2013 1:19:51 AM UTC-4, Stig Arne Bye wrote:
ESAD wrote:



In every category of social welfare that matters to ordinary people,

the United States just sucks.



How many weeks of paid maternity leave provided by various countries?



Canado 50



Norway 44



snip





A minor correction:



The maternity leave regulations in Norway have two different time

periods to be choosen from:



a) 44 weeks with 100% of regular wages, OR

b) 54 weeks with 80% of regular wages.



As per january 2013, the maximum annual maternity leave payment provided

by the public social welfare system in Norway is limited to NOK 492,732

(equal to approx. US$ 91,250).







Stig Arne Bye



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That is impressive.
If we could only figure out a way for men to get pregnant, little Snottie could have a job for life. ;-)



There is a wonderful movie from the 1960s, starring Sophia Loren and
Marcello Mastroianni, called "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," which
consists of three vignettes. The first depicts a town in Italy in which
Ms. Loren works at an illegal job selling bootleg cigarettes. Under
Italian law of that day, she cannot be arrested so long as she is
pregnant, or within a six months of giving birth. So, naturally, her
husband in the movie, Mastroianni, works very hard at keeping her
pregnant. Your comment about our boy Snotty and a "job for life"
reminded me of that movie.

It's a really first-class movie, and sometimes it shows up uncut and
uninterrupted on one of the movie channels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterd...y_and_Tomorrow