Tragedy at a home daycare in Vaughan, ON

[mamaof4]

oy.

I have a law degree. In the US that means I went to 4 years of college (BS) then 3 years of Law (JD) I also went on to get my LLM. I have 5 kids now, but when I graduated, my first job out of law school was a not for profit job that paid a whooping 27000 BEFORE taxes. Bearing in mind I had kids (2 at the time) and more than 50K in student loans (and that is LOW on the spectrum- I got a lot of scholarships went to public schools most law students end with more than 100k in loans). It would have been impossible to survive without help.

Now 7 years later, 3 kids later my husband is a firefighter, his income of 62,000 (before taxes) is supposed to care for us. The guy who is called to save lives and protect peoples homes.

The disparity between the rich and the poor has grown at an astonishing rate and makes it exceptionally hard for middle class people to survive- not living high either. I had to quit my job because he made more than I did, carries the benefits, and pension- in the US we have to pay for all of that ourselves. Which really means we piecemeal things together as best as we can.

Someone up thread said we as a society have the responsibility to care for the vulnerable. Who are more vulnerable than children?