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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Paying childcare workers should be tax deductible by companies or individuals.  Large companies should be able to put childcare workers on their payroll and offer them the same benefits as other employees.  This would encourage more workplaces to have onsite childcare and improve the salaries/benefits of people who provide childcare so that they can afford to stay in the job.

Individuals who hire a nanny should be able to deduct her salary and include her as a member of the household on their own health insurance.  Again, this would solve a lot of the problems of people being paid under the table illegally, not paying into social security, not having unemployment benefits, and not having health insurance.  It would make being a nanny a much more viable long term career.  [/quote]

OP here. I was just reading this morning that hiring a refugee is a tax deduction- employers can deduct up to 40% of a refugee's pay. It got me thinking there should be a way to encourage refugees to work in childcare. I wonder if the deduction would apply to families hiring a refugee nanny legally via w2. It seems like it could be a win-win for nanny and family.[/quote]

A new form of indentured servitude.  Refugees should only have subservient jobs.  No white collar jobs for them.  I need someone to be my maid, housekeeper, nanny, for pittance.  Quite a few refugees are as well educated as you and some are better educated.  You are responsible for your childcare not the taxpayer![/quote]

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