More and more women go out to work. It is the responsibility of the government to provide staff and facilities for children of working mothers, free of charge. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

here is my argument.

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At time of writing, increasing numbers of women are going out for jobs. Some feminists believe that government should not shirk the responsibility of providing infrastructure and adequate number of pro bono staff to look after the children. Although such notion is so considerable for working mothers, I personally believe it is a waste of tax payers’ money.

It should be noticed that such proposal is cost prohibitive and free of charge is not viable. It is precisely because the budget of government fund is fixed, while working mothers are hard to be calculated via a census. Another reason that the government is not necessary to afford such service is that our welfare system has already offered sufficient allowance and taxation system gives incentive and tax rebates for working mothers, which has already taken up a lot of government funds. It is a double benefit if such pro bono services will come into existence.

Another supporting consideration is that companies should bear more burdens than the government.  They can directly benefit from offering extra child care service to working mothers, as mother staffs can put more energy on working instead of nurseling.  The government is not in a right position to substitute the companies who are accountable for the well-being of their staffs.

In addition to this, some fathers may complain that they also contribute a lot to the family but are not entitle for such government benefit. It can be iniquitous in this issue, as a handful of fathers may have also sacrificed without any reward. Therefore, the only way of eliminating unfair is not providing any form of monetary subsidy.

Consequently, I would like to reiterate that such suggestion is flawy and the government should not waste taxpayers’ money on such proposal.

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