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Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Childcare, like healthcare and all levels of education, should be fully subsidized. I’ll start there, without getting into things like UBI.

For childcare, there should be some cost/benefit balance upheld. That’s why it makes sense to subsidize lower income households more than higher income households. Priority #1 is obviously ensuring children have quality care, but priority #1 on the economic side should be getting people into the workforce. This creates balance by, ideally, gaining some revenue through income tax. Priority #2 is increasing the spending ability of people, gaining additional income through sales taxes.

That’s why a progressive subsidy makes more sense, because you’re giving more to people you expect to bring in more benefits, and less on people who are already providing those benefits. Equal subsidization across the board only makes sense if it is fully subsidized, so everyone pays zero. Having a system where people pay the same as someone making 3x more than them doesn’t work if that number then restricts that person from utilizing the program anyway. It effectively subsidizes higher earners with less return.

I assume you mean something different than your first sentence suggests, because wouldn't fully subsidized mean tax dollars pay for all of it for everyone?