Antikarma

No it is not cheaper. By the governments own standards, one childcare worker can take care of six pre school aged children. The one child care worker I know, with a degree in ECE, makes 32000ish pre tax. So work that out to, roundabouts, to 5300 a year per child. And yes, I'm aware that these are not numbers set in stone, but it's for debate's sake, of course.

Now, social assistance provides, for a single person, 1200 per month. This is of course in MY region, and very able to vary based on economic situation and area of residence. Keep in mind that that number is also based on SINGLE person, and a single mom would recieve more. Now, for the government to pay her at home it costs, immediately, 14400 a year at minimum (that is taxed too I believe). It ALSO loses out on potential tax revenue from the income of Molly were she gainfully employed, adding to that cost.

Which brings us to the second part of that. Noone at all can debate that Molly is not the most qualified to care for her child. But that arguement is two pronged. By a statement like that, it seems to degrade the parenting of those of us who DO work and send their child to daycare. As well, I would argue she is not doing the best for her child resigning herself to a lifetime of low income living. No college fund, no nice dress at prom, no family vacations, there are many things you miss out on when living low income.

Social assistance barely provides enough to survive off of. Its awful hard to take college courses while on it (to provide a means by which you would make an income to support your family as WELL as child care)

And as well, the point of my arguement is that universal daycare provides for more than lower income families. My family spends (I'd have to double check with my wife) 650 a month on day care. If I could turn part of that around and invest it in an RESP, or spend it back into my family, I think it helps ALL families involved.

But then again, as I also said previously, its just MHO, and could mean nada in the grand scheme of things.

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