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Japan Is So Desperate to Increase Its Birth Rate That Tokyo Is Trying Out a New Idea: Free Daycare (www.xatakaon.com)

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

This is true in Europe too. Salaries in the US are just stupid high in general. They need to be because the US has shit for social services, which must be paid out of pocket.

Case and point: childcare.

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