Here's another book. Not all of it is about why the Continentals are better. A lot of it is about how the Continentals fucking fund childcare like it's an entitlement. Of course, they do the same with healthcare and all sorts of other Socialist ideas that will undoubtedly lead to the downfall of mankind, but the fact of the matter is, our free market system benefits people of means more than people without.

This reminds me of a point made by a Republican aide/operative who left the party in disgust.

You know that Social Security and Medicare are in jeopardy when even Democrats refer to them as entitlements. "Entitlement" has a negative sound in colloquial English: somebody who is "entitled" selfishly claims something he doesn't really deserve. Why not call them "earned benefits," which is what they are because we all contribute payroll taxes to fund them? That would never occur to the Democrats. Republicans don't make that mistake; they are relentlessly on message: it is never the "estate tax," it is the "death tax."

Maybe childcare-as-an-entitlement would be more palatable if it was pitched differently.

“I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.”

-Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.