The wild thing is that even at good preschools, the teachers make less money than a barista or McDonald's worker (especially now that the special fast food $20

The wild thing is that even at good preschools, the teachers make less money than a barista or McDonald's worker (especially now that the special fast food $20 MW is active now in California!) These people literally handle dozens of kids at a time, a super difficult job, and they pay them so little that they could not themselves afford childcare. Do the math: When they have their own kids, they are probably never coming back, since their wages would never be enough to make it make sense to put those kids in care in order to work in a preschool. So to summarize, the price of childcare is already way too high for people to afford, yet the pay for those who provide that care is an absolute joke, meaning most people have a hard time justifying entering that field, meaning it continues to be difficult to find good childcare, there just aren't enough places.