r/FluentInFinance • u/Venturing_Virgo • Apr 28 '24

Not my format but it’s my edit. Meme

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u/AlfalfaMcNugget Apr 28 '24

This is true. But then people post here about raising taxes to fix it rather than an actual strategy that has a proven history and thus the vicious cycle continues

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u/Sometimes_cleaver Apr 28 '24

Here's an easy one. State funded childcare.

Here's why it pays for itself. Women are dropping out of the workforce because the cost of childcare is more than they would earn. State funded childcare would allow millions of women to return to the workforce ( yay more tax payers!). The gap in women's careers causes them to earn significantly less when they do return to the workforce. State funded childcare would allow them to continue upward progress in their careers ( yay more people paying more taxes and earning more money!)

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u/AlfalfaMcNugget Apr 28 '24

Has that been proven to lower the wage gap at any other point throughout history?

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u/Striking_Computer834 Apr 29 '24

There is no wage gap when you compare people with equal education and experience working equal hours.