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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Daycare really should be federally subsidized.[/quote]

many of us working in the Daycare Business do not want this. Right now we are our own bosses, with our individual policies and regulations. We are licensed under the states but if we were federally subsidized that would mean another layer of rules and Licensing and requirements. As it is we are bogged down.

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Valid.

Another issue is that subsidies tend to push up the sticker price for those who are middle class and up. I love that many companies are subsidizing daycare for their employees, but it pushes up the prices for regular, full-freight families. I called Bright Horizons to see what their tuition was and I about fell out of my chair. They jack it up partly because of corporations covering part of the cost.

And, what many people who tout the European and Canadian daycare systems don't talk about: those systems often have insane waitlists and scarcity issues. In France and Germany there are wonderful subsidized creches but there can be year-long waitlists; you may have to beg for a spot.

All that being said, we desperately need some kind of safety net for childcare in this country. I am fully upper middle-class, dual 6-figure income, live in a small townhouse, and feel like we can barely afford daycare. No way we could for more than one kid. And that's in my socioeconomic bracket. Can't imagine what it's like to be a low-wage worker and have to deal with these prices.[/quote]

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