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Australian here. Subsidised childcare is great, and absolutely crucial for single parent households. It disproportionally benefits private interests though, not
by _kb 3y ago
Australian here. Subsidised childcare is great, and absolutely crucial for single parent households. It disproportionally benefits private interests though, not families.
For-profit childcare centres have absolutely mastered the art of simultaneously minimising operating costs (underpaying staff) while increasing pricing. These increases then create pressure to improve subsidies. With CCS at up to 90% for low income households this creates a flow of public funds directly to their shareholders while not actually improving anything for the people it should help.
- altacc 3y agoIn Norway at least, most childcare is provided by the state (via the local authority). There are some private nurseries but there are very strict rules on how they operate, to the point that the laws are hostile against their existence. What's interesting is that there are also private, not for profit, parent run nurseries, where the nursery is managed & budgeted by a board made up of the parents. There is an owner, making a reasonable salary like profit, but no shareholders. Nothing's perfect but works really well to optimise spending and minimise public money going to private profits.