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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The insane waitlists for daycare.

The nanny shortage.

The lack of parental leave.

What can reasonably be done to even take a step in the right direction?[/quote]

Stay home and you take care of your children.  I did.  Why can't you?[/quote]

So, your answer is to keep women out of the workforce?  [/quote]

Not women.  There are SAHD and will be more and more of them.  For the first year, a baby needs a parent.  A grandparent can step in but a parent is best.  [/quote]

Ok, so how about a year of parental leave? Some of us can't afford to just leave our jobs and/or would have a lot of trouble getting a new one without moving cross-country. Other countries do this. It's possible.[/quote]

Stop having children you can't afford.[/quote]

Okay, so only the rich will have children. Who do you think will do almost every working and middle class job in America then?[/quote]

Real middle class and lower income can get day care vouchers in this area.  Its those of us who make too much to qualify but day care costs are the same as our take home pay that it makes it impossible to work.

For the poster who says  a grandparent can step in.  Mine live 10 minutes away, healthy and have never babysat even once in an emergency in 13 years.  Can and will are two different things.  I could be dying and my mom would still make up  an excuse not to help.[/quote]

Here's my thoughts - I know 'MC' people who bought $800K - $900K homes - which in this area you know is not some palatial estate but still acceptable - that were whining after they were stripped of a $1,200/month CTC.

Why should you get a daycare subsidy when you can afford and willingly bought a $1 million property? Why shouldn't you be expected to use your HHI, usually $150K - $400K, again seems high enough to me - to provide for your own children?[/quote]

Real middle class don't make over $100K.  Why are  you even worried about people who earn that much or make poor housing choices?  You will not get a subsidy on that kind of income so its really  a non-issue.  [/quote]

According to DCUM, everyone under $250K is middle class. Make up your mind.  :roll: [/quote]

More like under $350-$400K.[/quote]

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