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IskandrAGogo t1_j6yse81 wrote

Those numbers wouldn't even make up for a month of childcare.

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curiousfog5 t1_j6zhzlc wrote

They're intended to refund the sales tax, which is a regressive tax.

Perhaps we should lobby for subsidized childcare or public full day pre-k.

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IskandrAGogo t1_j6zrrfz wrote

That may cover sales tax for food but just barely. With the way prices have gone up my family of five went from spending $800 a month to nearly $1000, and I wouldn't be surprised if our food budget has to increase more.

We definitely should be working for subsidized or free childcare/Pre-K. It's insane how much it can cost. Right now I pay $750 a week for my three year old and one year old. That's literally half of my monthly budget.

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Classic_Living6204 t1_j70mcjl wrote

I pay $1370 month for full day (8am to 6pm), 5 days a week and the meals are included. But it is Russian speaking group in a house, but they have all licenses and etc…

And this is not the cheapest day care. Check Facebook pages for Russian/Ukrainian kindergartens, there are a lot of them in the area. And some of them also accept English speaking kids, but they will learn how to speak in Russian :-)

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IskandrAGogo t1_j71s1a0 wrote

Is that for one child? That's a little more than I'd pay in a month just for my three year old at $333 a week. My one year old is $400 something per week.

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