For some parents, the arrival of the new childcare scheme will actually leave them worse off as many childcare providers have hiked childcare costs
    • Lath
      2•1 year ago

      Now decide what’s important and stick to it.

      • HeartyBeast
        3•1 year ago

        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.

        • Osa-Eris-Xero512
          1•1 year ago

          And the lack of those other things exacerbates this one. It’s all the same problem, with the same solution.

          • HeartyBeast
            1•1 year ago

            “Increase taxes substantially” as a one-size fits all solution always feels a bit unimaginative