Government Funded Day Care For Working Parents

I believe that parents who work during the week should not be entitled to free daycare for their children provided by the government.  There are a few reasons for this, but the main reason is that if a person has a child, then it is their responsibility to take care of the child, not that of the government.  The government had no part in the plans of individual people and their decisions to have or not to have children.  Because of this, I strongly believe that even though the parents may work all week, it is still their responsibility to ensure that their child will be cared for when they are unable to provide the care needed.  Also, it would drive the prices of day care up for people who did not meet the requirements for the government funded day care program.  This being because there would be less clients, so the day care providers would need to raise rates in order to maintain the standards for the children’s care.  To restate my point, I do not believe that working parents are entitled to free day care.