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Originally Posted by Equuskia  Breastfeeding may cost work-hours, but it saves society money in the following ways:
1) Less money spent on picking up garbage created by FFing (cans, bottles, etc)
2) Less money spent on medical insurance for BFed children, since they tend to get sick less.
3) Less money spent on mom because she is less likely to get breast and uterine cancer.
4) Less money spent on WIC, because when mom eats, so does baby.
I dunno, those all sound like positives to me...
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I think, though, that capitalism, taken as a "way of life" thinks all of those points are negative, crazy as that sounds. You don't have to pay anyone for those things, or produce a product that contributes to our GNP. From that economic paradigm, those effects don't exist at all, just like a stay-at-home parent who volunteers and watches neighborhood kids and helps the spouse and kids have a better quality of life doesn't exist.
