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In the State of Vermont, there is a lack of child care availability. A child care program in central Vermont recently closed because of a lack of staff, due to a shortage of funds to pay workers an adequate wage. This is consistent with the national narrative of forcing our citizens into their respective economic classes from a very young age.
America, holy ****. We already funded public education for K-12 using taxpayer dollars. I know that some of you want to discriminate against men by enforcing child support orders against them. If you want to discuss that, please go here instead of baiting the thread.
Anyway, for those of you who believe that child support and/or child care should be privately funded, do you also think that public schools should be replaced by private schools for those who can afford them? Where do you draw the line between godless communism and a tolerable level of welfare for infants?
For me, the answer is obvious: Vermont is behind the times. Our funding of childcare is totally inadequate. At this point it is no longer progressive to fund child care; it would be regressive to not fund it. It is neither liberal, nor conservative. It is a matter of social welfare that cannot be ignored. We may not have done enough for our young children, but by the time they turn 5-6, we reap the benefits.
I can see that there will be challenges to generating enough public funding to support children. But we have the best economy in the world to support it. The number one challenge is that our economy is a capitalist economy, which requires that ****ing idiots come to the same conclusion as everyone else. That conclusion is that education is an investment which will later yield returns in the private sector. I don't know how they will come to that conclusion, but I'm embarrassed that our country isn't smarter. I know that if we don't fund higher education, early childhood education, or both, that we will not improve.
New rules heat up fight for child care centers staff
America, holy ****. We already funded public education for K-12 using taxpayer dollars. I know that some of you want to discriminate against men by enforcing child support orders against them. If you want to discuss that, please go here instead of baiting the thread.
Anyway, for those of you who believe that child support and/or child care should be privately funded, do you also think that public schools should be replaced by private schools for those who can afford them? Where do you draw the line between godless communism and a tolerable level of welfare for infants?
For me, the answer is obvious: Vermont is behind the times. Our funding of childcare is totally inadequate. At this point it is no longer progressive to fund child care; it would be regressive to not fund it. It is neither liberal, nor conservative. It is a matter of social welfare that cannot be ignored. We may not have done enough for our young children, but by the time they turn 5-6, we reap the benefits.
I can see that there will be challenges to generating enough public funding to support children. But we have the best economy in the world to support it. The number one challenge is that our economy is a capitalist economy, which requires that ****ing idiots come to the same conclusion as everyone else. That conclusion is that education is an investment which will later yield returns in the private sector. I don't know how they will come to that conclusion, but I'm embarrassed that our country isn't smarter. I know that if we don't fund higher education, early childhood education, or both, that we will not improve.
New rules heat up fight for child care centers staff