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You're making a lot of assumptions about me. I don't take issue with childcare subsidies, and would definitely support them. I think childcare workers deserve to make a decent living, and I think our society and our government investing in the industry would improve the quality for everyone involved. That would require everyone, not just nannies, and not just parents, but everyone to start looking at early education and care as a worthwhile investment for the future of the country.

I don't think that the cause you bring up have to be one or the other. In fact I think they go hand in hand. We need to wake up and start valuing this work, then you can get your subsidy, the workers can be paid decently, and the industry will attract a higher caliber workforce overall. [/quote]

I do think it is an important issue and tactically it does matter. By supporting protections and/or mandatory wage increases for nannies, you will get a lot of backlash from parent (like myself) who cannot afford it. You also don't have a large enough population of legal, voting nannies to move the needle anyhow. By arguing for more subsidies and/or government spending on childcare, you get support from parents across the board- making it possible to actually happen. [/quote]

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