Can D.C. afford 16 weeks of paid leave for workers? That depends.

The Washington Post: In the four months since D.C. lawmakers proposed making the nation’s capital the most generous place in the country for paid family leave, there has been a giant hole in the debate: the missing financial analysis explaining how the city could afford to be more like Europe and let workers take 16 weeks of paid time off.

On Thursday, such a study funded by the Obama administration will be released. And to the delight of proponents, it will show that a new tax of less than 1 percent could pay for the entire program.

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