universal child care?

[WalterMitty]

would you support universal, free child care for all working parents?

yes, i would.

[WalterMitty]

No.

but having poor mothers live off the dole doesnt bother you?

[WalterMitty]

I guess, but I haven't really studied the issue.

wasnt it on the california ballot a couple of weeks ago?

[WalterMitty]

I guess, but I haven't really studied the issue.

wasnt it on the california ballot a couple of weeks ago?

That was pre-school.

did you vote yes?

[WalterMitty]

Most people make pretty good parents. WIth that in mind, I would much rather encourage parents to spend more time with their child as opposed to encouraging parent to foist the kid off on someone else.

I agree.  To increase taxes in order to pay for universal child care could make it harder for many working families, and force parents to spend even less time with their children because they have to work harder to pay the taxes.  It could even force some mothers who currently stay at home into the workplace.  I don't think this is the direction in which we should move.

Hah, tax increases would be applied to high income people, dazzleman, as you well know.

You know, the working class does pay taxes you know - otherwise we wouldn't have money coming out of our paychecks and we wouldn't have to file taxes once a year. If you think that only the rich would be paying, you're delusional.

It would certainly be easy enough to devise such a tax system, if not for the fact that the rich are too powerful under the current system.

Since reality contradicts your point by your own admission, your point is moot.

The whole point of any political action I suggest is to reduce the power of the rich, Dibble.  Of course accomplishing such a goal will be difficult, but I think not impossible, as evidenced by some small level of well being for workers acheived in western Europe and in the US during the 1930's-1970's hiatus.

you simpleton.  are you a masochist?