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As the article notes, the reason is regulation and women entering the workforce. Honestly I don’t see a problem. We as a society have decided that we would ra
by georgeburdell 7y ago
As the article notes, the reason is regulation and women entering the workforce.
Honestly I don’t see a problem. We as a society have decided that we would rather be 100% safe rather than accept risk for lower cost, so we enforce strict ratios on children to caretaker ratios, license people, make in-home sprinklers mandatory, etc. $16k per child per year in Massachusetts is that cost.
For what it’s worth, none of my friends put infants in daycare due to the cost. They either got foreign au pairs or hired someone under the table for cash (very common in immigrant communities)
- jefftk 7y ago> foreign au pairs https://www.steffanslegal.com/blog/first-circuit-holds-that-massachusetts-au-pairs-are-entitled-to-overtime-under-massachusetts-law https://www.steffanslegal.com/blog/first-circuit-holds-that-...
- sol_remmy2 7y ago> For what it’s worth, none of my friends put infants in daycare due to the cost. They either got foreign au pairs or hired someone under the table for cash (very common in immigrant communities) I'm hoping your friends are libertarians who disagree with the current political zeitgeist in Massachusetts. It would be very depressing to hear that your friends are Liberals who publicly support these daycare laws and then privately flaunt them by 1) favoring non-American workers and 2) paying them in cash to avoid taxes
- kelnos 7y agoUnfortunately I think that kind of cognitive dissonance is quite common. People feel the need to make sure "everyone is safe", but then believe their ability to judge how to best do that supersedes the law. Those laws are for "other people", not us.