According to a 2010 OECD study, New Zealand working families pay 28 per cent of their net income on childcare - the fourth highest percentage of family income in the group of 32 industrialised nations belonging to the organisation. Extending ECE subsidies addresses a shortfall in the support provided to some young families.
This example text from a political party manifesto is sceptical towards state expenditure on education, for example in favour of study fees or private schools