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chiara's avatar

“Up to $20,000 a year?” I spend $2,500 PER MONTH, for each of my kid. and it is not the most expensive day care by a long shot around here (SF Bay Area)

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Joshua's avatar

Warren's solution doesn't really address the fundamental problem. The problem is two-fold. 1. Wages have been suppresses in this country by a. women entering the workforce en mass, and b. immigration of unskilled workers. Low wages have led to the necessity of two-income families, which have led to the necessity of child care services far beyond what the public schools system was initially designed for. 2. For profit child care is flawed from the start. Child care providers want to make a living wage, but how can a worker making $35,000 pay a child care provider $35,000? Child care providers will ALWAYS have to earn A LOT less than the workers using their services. This will be hard to do with so many regulations and wage requirements. People might be willing ti hire cheap illegal immigrant labor for yard work and dish washing, but they won't do that for child care. We have a fundamental wage problem.

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