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Why is it a worthwhile expense?

• mieseratte 8y ago
  It encourages folks to build families, which generally leads to folks having kids. Societies need workers, and militaries need future boots on the ground.
• torstenvl 8y ago
  For the same reason maternity leave and other family-oriented benefits are worthwhile in the private sector: organizational performance requires expertise; expertise requires experience be retained in the organization; experience remaining in the organization requires that people not leave when life happens. The issue isn't that an individual married Marine is worth more than an individual unmarried Marine. The issue is that a Marine Corps where good Marines stay when they start a family is better than a Marine Corps where good Marines leave.
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