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  Do we?
  I can think of lots of individuals that deserve better. Not so sure as a collective we deserve better though.
context: Just for comparison:
  In Germany you get 12 month of paid maternal leave + 2 extra month of paid leave for your partner. You can stretch the time to 3 years but only 12+2 month are paid. However, the payment is limited to a round 1800€ per month.
  You also get additionally paid leave with full compensation for the mother around 6 weeks pre birth. >
  
  Once again, America does what's not even considered the barest minimum by the rest of the developed world's (and much of the undeveloped world's) standards, and calls it "progress".
  These are bread crumbs, and maybe not even that. For being the "greatest country in the world", we can do better. We deserve better.