Many middleclass Americans will pay substantially more to for "free" childcare

[e7alr]

Some local elections, if the people in that jurisdiction allow them to.

[Eagle-Keeper]

@WuWei

Do you see what they’re doing?

Could you be more specific?

[WuWei]

“Licensing regimes” among other things. Self-licking ice cream cones.

[Eagle-Keeper]

@e7alr

Lets see, create demand by shifting cost, disqualify segments of the existing workforce through regulation, the use both to shut out private sector providers. The logical end result is daycare becomes part of the public school system, with daycare providers becoming unionized public school employees. And even stay home parents will be mandated to enroll their infants because it won’t be just about daycare, it will be “early education.”

This legislation, if enacted, will effectively destroy the private daycare industry. I completely agree that’s the endgame. Clearly the goal is for daycare to become part of the public school system and push those costs on to middleclass homeowners, which will then lead to a 30% increase in property taxes!

[Guntsu]

@Eagle-Keeper

There will come a point in America’s future where the only people able to financially afford to have children will be the very rich and the very poor.

That’s already the case, childcare in this country is very expensive its one of the reasons people are not having kids anymore.

For somewhere decent you are looking at 1500 a month per kid, that’s a mortgage payment add in more kids and it becomes insane

[Janet_Miller]

Maybe more families will learn to survive on one income, or one parent will get an odd hour, maybe other than Monday through Friday job to avoid child care.

As it is, some realize they’re spending less by one parent staying home. They’re spending zero on child care & less on such expenses as gas for a second vehicle.

Increasing wages for child care workers and, obviously passing the costs on to parents can only backfire.

[Eagle-Keeper]

@WuWei

"Licensing regimes” among other things. Self-licking ice cream cones.

Exactly. This is all about feeding more suckers to these greedy universities, to spend ■■■■ loads of money on useless degrees, as well as feeding more members to the teachers union!

[Eagle-Keeper]

@Janet_Miller

Maybe more families will learn to survive on one income, or one parent will get an odd hour, maybe other than Monday through Friday job to avoid child care.

As it is, some realize they’re spending less by one parent staying home. They’re spending zero on child care & less on such expenses as gas for a second vehicle.

Increasing wages for child care workers and, obviously passing the costs on to parents can only backfire.

I anticipate that the end result will be that people who fall into the middleclass economically will simply not have children.

[Eagle-Keeper]

@biggestal99

@GrandWazoo

Manchin has already said that he opposes this part of the bill. I think that the Democrats will have to pull it to get his support.

Bingo. It’s a non starter.

The republicans must realize this.

It won’t be in the final bill voted on in the senate.

Allan

I have not seen anything stating that Joe Manchin doesn’t support this part of the bill:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/20/manchin-biden-child-tax-credit/

[Rurudyne]

Honor the 10th Amendment and (where the federal is concerned) both go away. Not the federal government’s job.

[mot1man]

Why is it there in the first place?

ETA

That was rhetorical, btw.

We all know why it’s there.

Because of the “proggie left”.

IMO, they should be run out of the country on a rail. Why the left continues to give these idiots a voice, is beyond me.

For some reason, the “real democratics” do not seem to have the balls to kick them to the curb where they belong.

Don’t blame the republicans for the mess your party is in.