Totally agree.

However, this only works in a high trust society, which we no longer have.

Trust is irrelevant, families gain the after tax income of working mothers but society gains not just the pretax value but the actual value of work generated. Thus subsidizing childcare and moving the needle to align society’s benefits and family benefits is a net gain without the issue of trust being involved.

The same is true of quality public education etc, however creating US vs THEM narratives are politically powerful even if they don’t actually reflect reality.

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MichaelZuo 3 hours ago | parent [-]

How can trust be irrelevant? Why would anyone want pretenders and deceivers to have better families?

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Retric 3 hours ago | parent [-]

If you yourself alongside everyone else in your country benefits why should you care if you happen to dislike some of those people?

	▲	dmitrygr 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Because YOU are paying for those benefits and they aren’t. If you truly don’t see how offering something for free would attract all the freeloaders, increasing the load on those who work, there’s no saving you.

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balamatom 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

While in a low trust society, which you obviously already have, people are most productive when they're at perpetual risk of starvation.

	▲	bequanna 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No, you simply are unable to reap the benefits that are available to high trust societies.
	▲	linksnapzz 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"productive"