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• This debate is not about whether or not people should have children or even about Google's misguided corporate culture. I wouldn't go as far as the author to suggest that subsidized or free day care is a "right" of employees, but I think that in the rare instance when a company does decide to offer day care, it ought to be reasonably priced. I think the author's key point is that Google decided to "upgrade" its day care system solely because of a single wealthy employee with close ties to senior management and a desire to artificially manipulate the long waiting list. I doubt that the majority of people who read this article can afford to spend $2300 per month on day care for one child. I have a six figure annual income and I can't afford to spend that much on day care. Does that mean that I don't deserve to have a child because I can't afford to spend that much on day care? No. Maybe the government should start issuing permits to people who can afford their children before they allow them to give birth? Here's a thought, why don't we just limit childbearing to people who have 4-year college degrees and a net worth that is sufficient to afford Google's day care program? In reply to: "Google's fallibility: Daycare that only an elitist could love (and afford)"

  July 7, 2008

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