American colonists were outraged over the tea tax, which had existed since the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act and did not get repealed like the other taxes in 1770, and believed the Tea Act was a tactic to gain colonial support for the tax already enforced.
Arranging Time Off Work. About 60 percent of new fathers are able to take time off work after their baby's birth, and of those, 75 percent take off 1-4 weeks. Since most time off is unpaid (unless there is vacation time owed), it can take some serious planning to figure out how to be there for your new family and get the bills paid at the same time.
It adds four days to paid paternity leave, giving fathers up to 14 days. It calls for extended day care hours, from 12 to 14 hours a day, expanded adoption leave, more clean and private breast feeding facilities, egg and sperm freezing, and the ability of a military family to postpone a transfer for family reasons.