[COFFEE] Child care and support for families

[svenaki]

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Switzerland is in some areas still outdated

I don’t think Switzerland is outdated.

I only said in some areas

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when it comes to childcare this system is still based on that the mom should stop working or the kids should go to the grandparents, unfortunately.

Yes, why not? If for you a child is just a lifestyle accessoire and first thing you do is giving it to someone else to take care of it, then why you have a child in the first place if career for both parents is more important?

The greatest impertinence is when people then also want to have this external care subsidised by the government. So the tax payers have to pay for your child because you don’t want to take your responsibility to take care of it by yourself.

Sounds very provocative, but I would argue that the return the society would get over the lifetime paid in taxes by those children (and both parents) is more than it would invest in subsidizing Kita for a couple of years.