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"poverty cannot be tackled by raising incomes alone, and highlights housing and childcare costs, the additional costs of disability, and energy and travel costs
by fancyfredbot 3y ago
"poverty cannot be tackled by raising incomes alone, and highlights housing and childcare costs, the additional costs of disability, and energy and travel costs as areas to be addressed"
I'm not sure how to interpret this since clearly raising income does allow people to pay these costs.
If the report is saying the government needs to intervene in the housing, energy and childcare markets, then that would be a breath of fresh air.
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoour costs for these things are insane, $2000 monthly.v netherlands is richer than UK but their childcare costs half as much. In germany it's free. Same story for housing, I have friends around europe and people with twice as much floor space pay much less rent
- karaterobot 3y ago> netherlands is richer than UK but their childcare costs half as much. In germany it's free. Is this private childcare setting its own rates in a market, or some public childcare service paid for with increased taxes, or some hybrid (i.e. private with supplemental government funding, or private with mandated limits on pricing)?
- brnt 3y ago1500-2000 EUR per kid is usual in Amsterdam as well. There's a wage dependent subsidy though. Kita's aren't free, though much cheaper.
- drak0n1c 3y agoWhat that statement means is that measures to facilitate supply side volume are also necessary, giving the demand side money is not the only option. If it is too cost-prohibitive and risky for incumbent firms and potential new competitors to supply an increasing volume of services or goods then buyer subsidies will only inflate prices further.
- ngcazz 3y agoI think that's safe to assume, since income is contingent on employment and occupation at any given point - keep those services affordable to reduce the risk of citizens losing access to them