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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like DC is putting small businesses out of business and increasing unemployment for mostly non white women.  That is just an absurd requirement and monetarily infeasible.[/quote]
Why so negative? This also encourages these women to pursue further education that will increase their income earning potential in the future. [/quote]

It doesn't make sense. It really doesn't. It's just not needed. It also significantly increases the cost of child care. Plus, you want someone to get a college degree to make minimum wage. Who would go into childcare?[/quote]
It increases the cost because providers can command higher salaries. I’m okay with that and would prefer providers to have education and training. [/quote]

Because you are an out of touch rich person who can afford it and don't seem to give a crap about the average working parent who already barely affords daycare in DC or the average working person who makes a living off of providing daycare services. This the requirement makes it worse for blue collar workers. [/quote]

And you you don’t care about the minimum wage caretakers while you make many times what they make.  [/quote]

No actually I was raised by a single parent and also have a sister in law who provided in home daycare to earn a living. Requiring college education would have meant they found a different job, not that they went out and got a degree.

And I also lived in DC and put two kids through daycare. The cost of daycare is already astronomical. Barely afforded it as two college educated parents but I also work with a lot of non college educated colleagues for whom it's an even more difficult struggle.

So no, not out of touch. Just realistic.[/quote]

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