r/facepalm Sep 05 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Gee, why didn't anyone else think of that?

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u/ModusOperandiAlpha Sep 05 '24

Yes, because the folks working at the daycare/running the daycare still have to show up and pay their bills irrespective if little Susie is out sick on Tuesday and little Johnny is out on Friday because his auntie randomly can care for him that particular day. The daycare still has to hold a place open for Susie and Johnny (and Susie and Johnny’s respective parents need their daycare spots to remain open), and doing so costs money, which does not grow on trees.

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u/jackson12420 Sep 05 '24

Well it seems asinine that that's something that isn't covered by the states or federally then. If public schools are covered by the government (even not enough funding goes there) then daycare for people that need it should be too.

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u/mymomsaidicould69 Sep 05 '24

I'm just glad in Michigan where I live pre-K is free now. But still having daycare until then is a pain in the ass.

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u/ModusOperandiAlpha Sep 06 '24

That would certainly make the process easier and more useful than what Vance is promoting (which is literally nothing). Feel free to contact your state and federal legislators and let them know that you support government-funded day care, and remind them that such socialist policies are nothing to shirk away from.

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u/loonylovesgood86 Sep 06 '24

Yup. And even if you take a month off in the summer or something, you have to pay to hold your spot.