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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP and here is another snippet 
"Biden’s Build Back Better legislation would have provided universal preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds and expanded access to high-quality child care for low- and middle-income children."

[b]Thank god this legislation did not pass and no one should ever think this is some great idea or vote for it. It's a truly terrible idea that would make daycare instantly more expensive for those in the DC area.[/b] If you think your daycare bill is large now, expect it to triple if something like this were to pass.

It shows how misguided lawmakers are regarding what daycare is and what is needed.

3 and 4 yrs old are relatively cheap for daycares and the cost for that can be less. Strip that away and daycare centers are left with the costly infant and toddler rooms that require several staff to cover all shifts and can only accommodate a small number of kids. Centers like those wouldn't even be able break even unless they started charging more. A lot more.

And daycare is needed for infants and toddlers as well NOT just 3 years and up.

We are still wanting to cling to the belief that it is 1950 and daycare is extraneous. What we have to do and what politicians have to do is accept it is reality - just like K-12 school. And that's what has to happen. There has to be a public portion of all daycare centers to subsidize the cost of all daycares across the county. Teachers have to be paid similar to public school teachers and there has to be public money plus private pay money.

The idea that only low income parents need child care subsidies also has to go away. Subsidies have to extend to families that are in middle incomes for their specific area - not a national average. In DC, I would argue that families of 3 - two adults, one kid - making up to $175K likely need a subsidy in order to not be drowning each month. [/quote]

It has already happened in DC-why do you think infant/toddlercare is so expensive here? I think they thought that sending 3-4 year olds to schools would create more infant-toddler slots. Nope. The building requirements are more stringent as are staffing ratios. It just doesn't make good financial sense to serve lots of infants and toddlers. [/quote]

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