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[quote=Anonymous]The reason I don't believe all these "I'm a woman and a Democrat and I oppose subsidized childcare" posts (which I bet are actually all from one troll), is that federal assistance for childcare is actually enormously popular, even among politically conservative voters.

"Some 78% of Republican voters say they want subsidized child care programs for working families where the typical family would pay around $45 a week, depending on their income, according to December 2020 polling conducted by First Five Years Fund (FFYF), a nonprofit that advocates for affordable early education.

An even higher share of Democratic voters (93%) support that scenario for subsidized child care, according to the poll.

A solid majority (79%) of Republican voters said they support tax credits to help working families pay for child care, and 63% said they want their member of Congress to work with Biden on child-care issues."

These "if you have kids you can stay home with them" trolls are in a tiny minority -- most Americans have kids, and most know childcare is not affordable, and most believe we as a society should subsidize it becasue otherwise people can't work. And since people working (and paying taxes) is kind of how this whole circus stays on the road, that's a problem.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-want-more-affordable-child-care-options-republican-voters-included-11619630948[/quote]

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