Imaginary land is thinking that all the sudden everyone gets a large amount of paid family leave on the basis of nothing other than charity. I already made my points well before you poo poo'd on the discussion. The cost either comes from taxpayers or gets placed on the consumer. It doesn't just get eaten by business as a charity to people.
If you want to believe that the government doesn't waste tax dollars, then that's your prerogative. If you want to believe that the government wastes tax dollars but they won't waste it in this case, then that's your prerogative as well. Someone could show you a dozen instances of government corruption when it comes to tax spending and you'll explain it away by saying that those tax dollars have nothing to do with maternity leave tax dollars. If that's how your brain works, then I don't know what to tell you. Apply that logic to anything else in life and you'll look like an absolute fool.