(11-16-2021, 01:24 PM)p_rushing Wrote: Shouldn't cost of childcare go up because you have to pay a living wage to everyone?

How about we fix all the other problems created by liberals so a parent can actually stay home and raise the kids. Then you don't have to pay for daycare and the kids will be better off, neighborhoods and communities will be better, etc. That's probably racists though because the liberals destroyed the family structure of poor people.

Most parents don't want to stay home with their kids. The economy is more productive when more people work outside of the home.
In a more productive economy, more people can afford to live the lifestyle they choose, whether that means staying home with their kids or going out and working.
I don't think anybody can dispute these facts.
Perhaps in the late sixties, most mothers preferred to stay home, but that is not the case today.
The only question is whether or not more subsidies for daycare will create a virtuous cycle of more workers and more productivity, or if it will simply inflate the cost of the things subsidized, as most subsidies do.
Considering the daycares are looking at the same labor shortages as everybody else, even though most of them offer free or reduced cost care for the children of their own workers, new subsidies for daycares at this point are unlikely to do any good, and likely to do harm.
Considering the actual strains that families today face, especially considering that almost all abortions are performed on women who are actively raising children already, a much better policy would be continuing and even expanding the new child tax credit, and let the families decide what to do with the money.

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