Carl Gipson at the Washington Policy Center has this op-ed running in the PI today, evaluating the financial foibles of the paid family leave program.
Gipson sums the issue up nicely:
We have a new and expensive state entitlement program but no way to pay for the administration or benefits past the first four years, no opt-out for small businesses, no political will to implement a new payroll tax, and no one knows yet just how the paid family leave program will affect other complex government programs such as unemployment insurance that rate businesses on their past employment history.
All true. The implementation bills in the House and Senate, HB 3305 and SB 6820, are on the move, scheduled to come out of committee this week. There are some ideas floating back and forth for fixing this nit or adjusting that trifling, but these major employment and fiscal policy issues do not appear headed for quick or easy resolution.
