Posted on 06/06/2024 5:14:30 AM PDT by davikkm
Waste of money
I don’t really know how to get “from here to there” but my current thinking is:
1) A lot of jobs today are just pencil-pushing BS jobs that don’t add value. We employ a lot of unnecessary human labor because society is hoping that people will be able to pay their bills.
2) AI will make this much worse and there will be many layoffs as machines perform more jobs and a lot of human labor will lose its value.
3) The end result is going to be human labor usage dropping by perhaps 50%.
4) This would be a good time to return to an era when men were out working the jobs that still need to be worked, while women stay home cooking, cleaning, and taking care of child care.
5) I am not convinced that either men or women have enjoyed women in the workplace. Feminism has, as far as I can see, made women miserable. It’s been a failed experiment.
6) Finding a way to return society to a time when a single wage-earner could support a family would help make America great again.
7) Cutting back on government taxation and regulation would contribute to making this possible.
How? Good quality childcare is never a waste of money. Not everyone is blessed with family members who can help out with looking after young children while the woman works. With this economy a family needs 2 wage earners to afford groceries and housing.
A lobbyist organization. They say they coordinate child care assistance for military families.
Comments on Google:
"The service they allegedly provide to service members is an absolute disgrace."
"I’ve called and emailed multiple times and I hardly ever get a response."
"I was treated terribly by this company as a contract worker."
Elon Musk is predicting that in about 8 years half of families will have a domestic robot employed in their home.
Not always and I'd even say, not usually.
People need a budget and some self-disciple with money.
For economical child care be part of the illegal/immigrant underworld, there is no licensing or over sight but a vibrant economy and parallel society.
When it is possible for the mother to stay home in a functional family, money is saved, stress is reduced, and the kids turn out better. The grandparents can occasionally help with care — and finances to the extent they can — until the kids are fully on their feet. I’ve seen this work even in today’s corrupted culture.
True.
only if one subscribes to certain life or area
Home with kids is best.
I can remember, as a child growing up, many people had a housekeeper who watched the kids and took care of other familial needs while the parents worked.
Then the gov’nt decided to treat the workers as employees and many lost their “jobs”!!
Child care should cost half of a family’s income. The half that is how much one parent would not be earning by staying home. Women’s Lib has helped raise the cost by making it impossible for one parent to earn enough money for the other parent to stay home.
In some areas it is not just family members who help.
My sister had a home child care “business” that was “unofficial” and took care of the kids of friends when she had young kids of her own.
Money may have changed hands—but nobody talked about it and nobody asked.
Not usually? I wish this was true, I know many families and out of about 100, all of them have both parents working. Housing, cars, gas, insurance, electricity, groceries, water, clothing, etc are all a lot more expensive than they were 4 years ago.
I have a friend who lives near Goose Creek, SC (close to Charleston) and she is expecting their first child. The cheapest daycare around her is $1200 a week - and it has a waiting list. She and her husband both work and have recently purchased a small house (2 bedroom) and with their financial commitments they cannot afford to loose an income. The cost of child care is outrageous.
Stop govt spending. That’s the only way to lower taxation
How many men want to be elementary school teachers? Or nurses?
Women in the work place is not the issue.
The horrible inflation is due to government spending. Corral that and things will change
Elon has other issues
Yes!
Most definitely. Those precious babies should not be handed over to strangers.
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