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Just an example of the cost of daycare today. I have 3 kids. Both Mom and Dad work. We were fortunately able to keep Mom home for the first year of each child's life. Costs for each kid were 1200 per month for 48 months. 172,800 bucks to put 3 kids in daycare.
Like college educations, the cost of child care has exploded. It is crippling many families. I don't think this is the solution but it is a problem that society should address.
Also- many parents already get "vouchers" for childcare costs. I'm not sure how this would change that.
I agree it is a problem. Free childcare for the majority of working families is not the solution.
I think less government regulation in child care is.
First of all, people with children get a tax credit, which amounts to nearly $5,000 per child. They also can take childcare expenses of their income. Free daycare would amount to a significant amount of money that a person without a child would not be "entitled" to. Kind of smacks of discrimination, if you ask me. Having a child is a 100% voluntary event. No one is FORCED to have a child, so since it is optional, I think the parents should accept the consequences of their actions.
This ploy is about buying votes for the Democratic party, nothing less. "Free" this and that is their mantra, with no regard for who is picking up the tab.
"Marketable field" is a vague nothing of an answer and no it's not cheap.
Car mechanic.....plumber.....HVAV technician.....LPNs.....plenty of marketable fields that don't require a 4-year degree. And, yes....it is cheap. Cheap enough to be covered by Pell Grants.
C students should not be going to college. Either they drop out or flunk out (what a waste of money) or college will be dumbed down to allow medicore students to earn what will then be a meaningless B.A.
Sorry, but college is not for everyone. For the so-so kids, they need to learn a trade.
Sanders and his tuition free college, Kamala and her $500 monthly check proposal to families, Warren and her free universal childcare to families who make less than $50,000 and of course Medicare for All which they have no way to pay for it just a campaign statement to get liberals to go to the polls.
So far, Kamala is proposing a $500 gift a month for families and Warren is proposing universal childcare that is free for families who make less than $50,000 and no more than 7% of income for those above $50,000
They have also proposed Medicare for All but there is no viable way to pay for it, so they want people to trust them that they know what they are doing.
Very happy to see these proposals and conversations started.
Thanks for posting this OP!
Georgia used to offer free in state 4 year education funded by the education lottery proceeds but I think they cut it out in 2011 or so.
Now they offer a more limited Hope Career Grant of free college education if you enroll in one of the 12 eligible fields and also meet their other requirements.
hmmm....................... I am a conservative, but would definitely support tax credits for childcare, as it appears to be an expense that markedly consumes middle income family budgets. Younger nurses have told me how much they spend and it is incredible. Personally, i will pay for the childcare of my grandchildren (if both spouses are working) to avoid such a burden. Most can't afford that luxury- however, we should support the children of working families, as that is the backbone of the us. Lot of future leaders in that cohort.
I am for anything that helps working families with children.
Such a measure is a much better "investment" than spending $100 billion per year on illiterate illegals, who are a drain on the us economy.
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