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> If people can make more working than childcare costs, then they can make their own decision about how to invest their own time and money. Why does the governm
by yorwba 7y ago
> If people can make more working than childcare costs, then they can make their own decision about how to invest their own time and money. Why does the government need to pay for this, if they argument is ultimately that the wages of women now working is what ends up paying the cost of the service?
Before a stay-at-home parent enters the workforce, they may not have the money to pay for the childcare that would free up time to work. Essentially only governments have both the money and the incentive to invest in making childcare widely available.
- roenxi 7y agoThat is an excellent reason to provide maybe 1 or 2 months of subsidised healthcare to women who with children who are seeking work. Something extremely targeted and modest. But it seems a bit questionable in the thread context of "the program literally pays for itself" which presumably means the program is encouraging high earning women to enter the workforce, ie, those with valuable skills, substantial experience and a contacts network that means they can probably bear the cost of finding work.
- golergka 7y agoSo, you seriously consider that a person who can get a salary that would cover child care costs wouldn't be able to borrow a single month salary worth of cash to make the transition?