Why can’t the US have affordable childcare?

Husband and I finally make enough money to afford ONE child comfortably and we’re nearing our mid thirties. Millennials were fucked. Years of school, masters, moving around to find a good paying job. For what? Always dreamed of having a big family, but it seems virtually impossible right now. I say childcare because it is literally the most expensive aspect of having a child. But just everything, jealous of the folks in Europe or even Canada in the pregnancy and parenting subs talking about 6-12 month parental leave and $400 a month day care centers. Why if other countries can do it we can’t? So many news today about all the ways this administration will limit abortion access masked as “support for families.” Families need money!! Rant over.

EDIT: I thought it went without saying, but no, the person who is complaining of not being able to afford childcare (me) is not suggesting that childcare workers in the US earn even less so they themselves aren’t able to afford their lives. The complaint was something more along the lines of universal government subsidized childcare.