>Japan does much better than the USA on child care It's great that the WA leg passed Fair Start, but it only helped the demand side of child care. So now if yo

>Japan does much better than the USA on child care It's great that the WA leg passed Fair Start, but it only helped the demand side of child care. So now if you needed help paying for child care you have the means to do so - but because the demand side is broken, you still can't get the child care you need. Unfortunately this is a trend in American politics on a range of issues - let's throw some money at one side of the equation, never mind the root causes of the problem. > We have a family leave pay roll tax in WA, though I’m not sure how hard it is to use for paternity leave. I'll admit - I don't know either, as my children of the Evergreen State were born before that came into effect. The payroll tax is a good start, but like many of these well-intentioned laws it leaves behind a lot of people.