Do you like the rising cost of health care and higher education, even as government subsidies also rise? Then you’ll love President Biden’s new plan for national child care.
Mr. Biden wants to subsidize child care so families pay “based on a sliding scale.” For the “most hard-pressed working families,” the White House says, costs would be “fully covered,” with payments coming out of a $225 billion pot that Mr. Biden is asking Congress to fill. For the middle class: “Families earning 1.5 times their state median income will pay no more than 7 percent of their income.”The first problem is that this is a new suburban entitlement, not aid to the needy.
California’s median household income, multiplied by 1.5, is around $121,000. For New York it’s about $108,000. And before anyone gets huffy about the cost of living on the coasts, remember that those statewide thresholds would presumably apply to less costly inland California and New York, too. There would be no limit on annual spending, since it would increase with enrollment, which almost surely makes the White House estimate of $225 billion fanciful.
This is all the more likely because capping out-of-pocket payments at 7% of income would obliterate healthy economic incentives. Once they hit that limit, families choosing a child-care option would have no reason to consider costs. Get the upgrade, since it’d be on Uncle Sam. Child-care providers would have little reason to economize, since upselling would be an easier path to revenue, in the same way that colleges now compete to build the splashiest aquatics center. Once Mr.
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opinion Yeah Government investment in child care doesn't help the indices, though SOCIETY stands to benefit.! Agreed.
opinion Agree
opinion You can't run on a platform of big programs in 2022 and 2024 and win. Focus on healthcare and cool it.
opinion MedicareForAll would solve a lot of very serious, festering problems in the USA.
opinion The government happens to be children from families not citizens who are dependents although we understand your viewpoint about inequities for women because of empirical evidence of statistical facts about the majority of caregivers being women in America. I support Melinda Gates
opinion Then don’t complain when the birth rate plummets worse. Pay folks a living wage.
opinion WSJ doesn’t understand the problems of working-class parents and childcare. And rich people’s problems with the nanny don’t count.
opinion In Palästina werden Menschen auf ihrem eigenen Land getötet. Wir müssen sagen, hör auf mit diesem Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit. HopeToGaza
opinion Dependence is inevitable sometimes. Like when the process ought to be governed.
opinion Thanks but no thanks Rupert 🖕
opinion Les attaques israéliennes contre les Palestiniens sont contraires au droit international et à la morale fondamentale et doivent cesser immédiatement. HopeToGaza
opinion Dependent on the government? No thank you!
opinion Be quiet when the children are asleep, not when they die. Now is the time to talk from all over the world for children in Israeli occupied Gaza and Jerusalem! HopeToGaza
opinion -'Are your children alive? -If you are not Palestinian, of course they are alive. -How lucky you are that you are not Palestinian.' -Is this what you understand from human rights? -If not, please help to stop Israel. Israel murdered 41 children in the last 5 days! HopeToGaza
opinion Wtf ... they’re trying to get resources for a desperate need and this is your takeaway? You have no soul.
opinion The solution to most American problems is simply better parenting….That’s why Asian Americans beat whites in almost every measurable metric of success without any of the societal privilege. If you don’t encourage your kids to work hard, how will they become successful?
opinion Some children do not wake with a blue sky but wake up with a bomb-soot sky HopeToGaza
opinion Israeli attacks on the Palestinians are against international law and basic morality and must come to an immediate end. We urge the world to take action now to stop the new waves of Israeli aggression. HopeToGaza
opinion Dependency = Control
opinion Israel shot down the orphanage yesterday. Israel bombed the hospital today. Where will they hit tomorrow? Let's not be silent to this cruelty. HopeToGaza
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opinion No!
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opinion You would rather they be dependent on a job that can fire them at any time without reason?
opinion Biden will put your kid in cages .
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opinion From the, 'f*ck you, I got mine' generation. Piss the f*ck off. Child care costs have ballooned. Not surprised y'all haven't noticed.
opinion This is definitely a biased article!! A view to discredit an infrastructure program. Human infrastructure and facilities is something people don’t seem to want to pay for as so far it’s been free or someone else’s headache !
opinion Most of the people commenting here don't sound like they read the article
opinion So if the welfare of the people and better futures of our children (See the Preamble to the US Constitution ), especially in hard times due to crisis requires government assistance, it’s a problem , not just the smart thing to do for USA? WTFWSJ !?
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