@thehatfox to United [email protected]English • 11 months agoParents forced to quit jobs as childcare costs soar to cover ‘free’ fundinginews.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square31arrow-up1115arrow-down12
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-7•11 months agoSo that pushes prices up more. What now?
minus-squareHeartyBeastlinkfedilink3•11 months agoWe have. Hence the current expense of childcare. You could increase taxes to subsidise costs. But there are quite a few other services - health, education, adult and child social services also crying out for those funds.
minus-squareOsa-Eris-Xero512linkfedilink1•11 months agoAnd the lack of those other things exacerbates this one. It’s all the same problem, with the same solution.
minus-squareHeartyBeastlinkfedilink1•11 months ago“Increase taxes substantially” as a one-size fits all solution always feels a bit unimaginative
minus-square@MotoAshlinkEnglish1•11 months agoGovernments have a magical income source called “taxes”. Weird, I know.
So that pushes prices up more. What now?
Now decide what’s important and stick to it.
We have. Hence the current expense of childcare. You could increase taxes to subsidise costs. But there are quite a few other services - health, education, adult and child social services also crying out for those funds.
And the lack of those other things exacerbates this one. It’s all the same problem, with the same solution.
“Increase taxes substantially” as a one-size fits all solution always feels a bit unimaginative
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Governments have a magical income source called “taxes”. Weird, I know.