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daycare costs $2k a month? are they training the kids to be astronauts?
No, just extracting the maximum possible amount of profit, it's the American way. And 2k is the low end.
$2k gets you Jimmy "Boots" McClusky, on day release from the work farm.
wild. you'd think as a capitalist country that wants to maximize workforce for cheap labor people would be more incentivized to procreate. yet you have insane costs to childbirth alone, no parental leave for either parent (or a pathetic amount on state level), no child support... and this on top.
Same problem as ever. Short term gain vs long term growth.
To be honest, childcare is expensive. You can only have so many kids per worker, you need to pay rent for a big space, utilities, etc. In a big city it adds up fast. I'm sure some of it goes to some CEO's Yacht, but even at cost it would be expensive.
The reason it's free/cheap in Europe is because it's subsidized from taxes. Same as universities and Healthcare.
well, yeah. it should be subsidized; that's kinda my point. it's public welfare.