Comments on: Should the American government provide child day care centers for working parents? http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html Have Your Voice Heard, 24/7. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:01:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jordon http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-5358 jordon Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:36:25 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-5358 society today and u can ask any journalist or scientist. it is nearly impossable to raise a family on one income. so if there was child care for working parents it would be alot easier to support one. as said above u wont be spending time with your kid. thats why if day care was there we working parents could afford to do things with our kids after work or on weekends. this would make living so much easier on us. society today and u can ask any journalist or scientist. it is nearly impossable to raise a family on one income. so if there was child care for working parents it would be alot easier to support one. as said above u wont be spending time with your kid. thats why if day care was there we working parents could afford to do things with our kids after work or on weekends. this would make living so much easier on us.

]]> By: Jared http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4719 Jared Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:25:28 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4719 ? A lot of families can't afford to have their child taken care of. Also, the places have quality as well. Do you want your kid to be with a cheap day care center? ? A lot of families can't afford to have their child taken care of. Also, the places have quality as well. Do you want your kid to be with a cheap day care center?

]]> By: Andrew Clunn http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4627 Andrew Clunn Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:32:00 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4627 No, the American way is if you were a high school dropout living with your girlfriend that you knocked up at age 17, living in section 8 housing subsidized by hard working taxpayers. That's the new American dream. And I live with my fiance and commute 4 hours a day to work as a computer programmer, so it's not that I'm not empathetic to your struggles. It's that the things that are causing the problems and making it difficult to get by are all the bureaucratic 'solutions' we're given. Here, read this: <a href="http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.html" target="_blank">http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.ht...</a> No, the American way is if you were a high school dropout living with your girlfriend that you knocked up at age 17, living in section 8 housing subsidized by hard working taxpayers. That's the new American dream. And I live with my fiance and commute 4 hours a day to work as a computer programmer, so it's not that I'm not empathetic to your struggles. It's that the things that are causing the problems and making it difficult to get by are all the bureaucratic 'solutions' we're given. Here, read this: http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.ht...

]]> By: LordTiberivs http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4626 LordTiberivs Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:35:57 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4626 A single bedroom rentable apartment in Suffolk county NY (Long Island) is $1700/month excluding utilities. So I'd still have to pay electricity, water, and heat.... But this is where my work is. I have an engineering degree, I have to live where there are several engineering houses. I could buy a housse much cheaper in North Carolina or Dakota or even Western Penn, but there is no work for me out there. So here it is, and I own a condo on Long Island because it's where we live, and I don't want to pay someone elses mortgage by renting. I work, I'm an engineer; my wife works, and she's a teacher. We're educated, kind, upstanding, patriotic, hard-working Americans.... and we can't afford to have a child and live on one income.... Thats not the American way. A single bedroom rentable apartment in Suffolk county NY (Long Island) is $1700/month excluding utilities. So I'd still have to pay electricity, water, and heat…. But this is where my work is. I have an engineering degree, I have to live where there are several engineering houses. I could buy a housse much cheaper in North Carolina or Dakota or even Western Penn, but there is no work for me out there.

So here it is, and I own a condo on Long Island because it's where we live, and I don't want to pay someone elses mortgage by renting. I work, I'm an engineer; my wife works, and she's a teacher. We're educated, kind, upstanding, patriotic, hard-working Americans…. and we can't afford to have a child and live on one income…. Thats not the American way.

]]> By: Andrew Clunn http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4625 Andrew Clunn Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:48:20 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4625 $1,700 a month? Where do you live, New York City or California? You don't get inflated housing costs like that without the government 'regulating' the housing market. You can also blame the Federal Reserve for the decreased purchasing power of your dollar. The government IS the problem and I'm not willing to sell the next generation's future down the tubes like our parents did to us to make things easier for me now. $1,700 a month? Where do you live, New York City or California? You don't get inflated housing costs like that without the government 'regulating' the housing market. You can also blame the Federal Reserve for the decreased purchasing power of your dollar. The government IS the problem and I'm not willing to sell the next generation's future down the tubes like our parents did to us to make things easier for me now.

]]> By: LordTiberivs http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4623 LordTiberivs Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:32:35 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4623 What you fail to understand though papadawg is that there is an unbalanced system now where homes cost ten times as much as they did when you were my age, and the average salary has barely doubled. On Long Island a two bedroom home in Nassau county costs $350,000. Where a home there 40 years ago would cost about $35,000. A working man or woman with a college degree could get a job with a salary of about 18,000-25,000... now the salary is only in the 45,000-55,000 range. It's impossible to own a home with only one income. You can rent, but a civilized place to live will cost you $1,700 a month whichis more thean a mortgage payment in most places. No, I'm not a communist, nor do I appreciate having words put in my own mouth regarding it. But frankly, the current generation(25-40 years old) of responsible adults has it pretty hard trying to provide shelter and food for their families. And I'll tell you something, it's not US who made the situation this way, but we're being forced to live with it all the same! What you fail to understand though papadawg is that there is an unbalanced system now where homes cost ten times as much as they did when you were my age, and the average salary has barely doubled. On Long Island a two bedroom home in Nassau county costs $350,000. Where a home there 40 years ago would cost about $35,000. A working man or woman with a college degree could get a job with a salary of about 18,000-25,000… now the salary is only in the 45,000-55,000 range. It's impossible to own a home with only one income.

You can rent, but a civilized place to live will cost you $1,700 a month whichis more thean a mortgage payment in most places.

No, I'm not a communist, nor do I appreciate having words put in my own mouth regarding it. But frankly, the current generation(25-40 years old) of responsible adults has it pretty hard trying to provide shelter and food for their families. And I'll tell you something, it's not US who made the situation this way, but we're being forced to live with it all the same!

]]> By: papadawg http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4611 papadawg Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:45:29 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4611 What? Not only do you want the government to tax you to death, but raise your children for you too? Why don't you just say it . . . You want the USA to become a COMMUNIST nation. Just my not-so-humble opinion. B) What? Not only do you want the government to tax you to death, but raise your children for you too?

Why don't you just say it . . . You want the USA to become a COMMUNIST nation.

Just my not-so-humble opinion. B)

]]> By: Findalis http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4605 Findalis Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:01:33 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4605 Perhaps not the government but the employers providing the day care. With government control there is a danger of indoctrination. I understand that many churches offer free and low cost day care too. I don't want my tax dollars spent on more projects that will become boondoggles that will inflate the deficit. The money has to come from somewhere. Perhaps not the government but the employers providing the day care. With government control there is a danger of indoctrination.

I understand that many churches offer free and low cost day care too.

I don't want my tax dollars spent on more projects that will become boondoggles that will inflate the deficit. The money has to come from somewhere.

]]> By: Sal http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4572 Sal Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:44:22 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4572 I don't see a down side to this. I don't see a down side to this.

]]> By: LordTiberivs http://www.debateitout.com/should-the-american-government-provide-child-day-care-centers-for-working-parents.html/comment-page-1#comment-4570 LordTiberivs Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:26:53 +0000 http://www.debateitout.com/?p=1279#comment-4570 I really agree with this idea. It's extremely hard these days to raise a family on only one income. In the North East specifically around NY and NJ it's pretty much impossible. If there were reliable, safe, and responsible public funded day care it would allow both mother and father to work during the day. It's an unfortunate side effect that the child would spend so much day-time away from it's parents, but the alternative in many cases would be that the couple would not/will not have a child with reduced means to continue supporting themselves, let alone a vulnerable child. I really agree with this idea. It's extremely hard these days to raise a family on only one income. In the North East specifically around NY and NJ it's pretty much impossible. If there were reliable, safe, and responsible public funded day care it would allow both mother and father to work during the day.
It's an unfortunate side effect that the child would spend so much day-time away from it's parents, but the alternative in many cases would be that the couple would not/will not have a child with reduced means to continue supporting themselves, let alone a vulnerable child.

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