zabadoh@ani.socialM to San Francisco@lemmy.world · 2 个月前San Francisco to make childcare free for families earning up to $230,000www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down10 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkSan Francisco to make childcare free for families earning up to $230,000www.theguardian.comzabadoh@ani.socialM to San Francisco@lemmy.world · 2 个月前message-square5linkfedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareqjkxbmwvzlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 个月前It’s a start! We pay north of $40k/year/kid for daycare/preschool. And only $5k in 2025 ($7500 2026) is pretax, regardless of how many kids. Related, I think we really need to adopt a universal solution to benefits cliffs. Smooth/continuous functions aren’t rocket science…
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 个月前People used to be “house poor”. Now there’s a group of “childcare poor”, where you just earn money to pay for childcare so you can have a job to earn money. It’s terrible.
It’s a start! We pay north of $40k/year/kid for daycare/preschool. And only $5k in 2025 ($7500 2026) is pretax, regardless of how many kids.
Related, I think we really need to adopt a universal solution to benefits cliffs. Smooth/continuous functions aren’t rocket science…
People used to be “house poor”. Now there’s a group of “childcare poor”, where you just earn money to pay for childcare so you can have a job to earn money. It’s terrible.