Yes, but a person in a properly paid job can afford to pay for childcare, or struggle to pay for it. You can pay for it when your income is £50 a week.
My streets are cleaned by council employees, or contractors and if they weren't I'd complain. That is one of the things I pay my council tax for. If there's a proper job to be done take somebody off the dole and pay them proper money.
I wouldn't be at all pleased if multi-national, big business companies benefited from the taxpayer by using even one person on benefits instead of paying a proper wage. That is what would happen - why saddle yourself with an employee with a contract, paid holidays, paid sick leave, maternity leave and a proper wage when you can get a doley for nothing?