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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact that 45K for two kids sounds reasonable does not obviate the problem that it’s unaffordable for most. Unless we only want Rich people having kids (and workers earning peanuts) we need a better solution. [/quote]

I think you missed the point of my math.  Which was not to prove this was a good idea socially or anything, just to show that the daycare was probably not price gouging and that the problem/solution was structural and societal not something an individual daycare could fix.  I’m the PP who pays $45K and it’s not even slightly reasonable.  It’s more than twice my rent and the largest item in my budget.  I even work for a company that does dependent care FSA and that’s a total joke — you can only put aside like $5K annually.

Something needs to change because people working at daycares are already paid less they deserve; parents using daycares are barely able to afford it; and there’s a whole class in between that ends up forcing at least one parent (usually a mom) off of their career track or out of the workforce entirely.  And no, it’s definitely not a new thing.  That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to fix it.[/quote]

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