"No, you provided an unusual, very specific example, and strongly implied that you would fire any of the nannies you employ if they became pregnant. That says a

"No, you provided an unusual, very specific example, and strongly implied that you would fire any of the nannies you employ if they became pregnant. That says a lot about your mindset." I never said anything about firing pregnant employees, it says a lot about YOUR mindset that you think I did. And it is not a unusal example, there are a lot of kindergardens in the world. In my country (public) health insurance takes over paying sick people (or pregnant) people after a certain amount of time. You keep claiming there is cheap insurance, which I rather doubt. In any case, it shouldn't have to be the responsibility of the employer. All that does is make employers reluctant to hire sickly people or people who are at risk of becoming pregnant. "That's a terrible argument. Not only is switching not always an option, especially for low-wage jobs, but if we allow widespread abuse of employees then there usually aren't better options to switch to." That is the usual leftist claim, which is just bullshit. Employers have to compete for workers, too, also they don't have absolute power giving out goodies to slave like employees, as leftists claim. People can take responsibility for themselves. There are many, many leftists - are you saying they all would treat their employees badly, if they were to start companies? Or are leftists somehow incapable of starting companies?