return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 7 months agoChild care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’www.marketwatch.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down13cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1199arrow-down1external-linkChild care costs more than a mortgage payment or rent almost everywhere in the U.S.: ‘There is no escaping it’www.marketwatch.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-square____linkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoThis is fucked up. Affordable childcare, and living wages for those providing it, would mark a sea change in our system. But letting parents believe it actually costs anywhere near that much to provide childcare - even considering overhead - is a crime.
This is fucked up.
Affordable childcare, and living wages for those providing it, would mark a sea change in our system.
But letting parents believe it actually costs anywhere near that much to provide childcare - even considering overhead - is a crime.