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Childcare is a great way to kick this off - it's politically hard to fight against anything "for the children" and it's not a stretch at all to extend coverage
by Groxx 1y ago
Childcare is a great way to kick this off - it's politically hard to fight against anything "for the children" and it's not a stretch at all to extend coverage gradually, as people see the benefit and want it elsewhere / just one more year / etc.
Just gotta hope it stays funded enough to avoid descending into a bureaucratic death spiral with months of delays for everything.
- runako 1y ago> months of delays for everything Private childcare is also filled with months (often years) of delays. Expanding on this a bit: if you have a sudden need to get childcare, in much of the country you are not likely going to be able to find something that is convenient and of any quality that is also available within a week or two. If you are willing to spend 2x+ the local median childcare expense, you may have better results.
- bombcar 1y agoIf you want a quick response, you need either dedicated quick-responders (how are they paid when not responding) or you need a lot of slack in the system (caregivers are allowed 4 kids, say, but most have two or three). And that also needs to be paid for.
- dfee 1y agoKick what off?
- iamtheworstdev 1y agopresumably universal care in general, up to and including healthcare.
- whimsicalism 1y agoi’m down but i think there needs to be a recognition that this would require tax increases, not just on the ultra wealthy because there is simply not enough income up there to fund this.
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- micromacrofoot 1y agoUniversal access to essential services
- Muromec 1y agoBy the time US decides it's a good idea, they would run out of money and the whole world will laugh and point fingers on em.
- micromacrofoot 1y agothen the US will use it internally as "see what a stupid idea" and we'll end up with even worse leaders
- gbacon 1y ago“This time will be different!” announce the proponents. Watch now, class, as the economic calculation problem works out as predicted in yet another instance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem
- oblio 1y ago1. What's the market economy solution for this? 2. What if not everything in life is about the economy?
- dionian 1y agoNot everything is about the economy, but someone's gotta pay for it.
- oblio 1y agoWell, for the next century we'll keep pretending kids don't matter. We've done it for the past 50 years, already. Let's see how far that gets us as a species.
- dionian 1y agoI don't think we've necessarily "pretended kids dont matter" for 50 years. But I think we would both agree that we can always do much better!
- mothballed 1y agoThe majority of New Mexico is either not employed or only barely employed enough to count towards employment participation. The states employment participation rate is like 58%. Without making any judgement on whether the economic calculation is "efficient" or not, it's not really something the majority of voters have to worry about as it's essentially entirely OPM to get the votes to get there.
- Groxx 1y ago
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> it's politically hard to fight against anything "for the children" The entire incel and tradwife spectrum hates these policies.
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