Sanders announces $1.5 trillion universal child care plan

Calls Current System an 'International Embarrassment' (title continued)

https://theweek.com/speedreads/8976...ls-current-system-international-embarrassment

This plan is set to cost 1.5$ Trillion over the course of 10 years and is paid for by a new tax on the top 0.1 percent of the population. In contrast, the GOP Tax cuts adds about $1.9 Trillion to the national debt over that same 10 years as well. So for the same cost as a few hundred golf course trips for the rich, we could have a universal child care plan.

It is also important to note that while this proposal will be phrased as a "freebie," it is more accurate to call it an investment. When Parents do not have to worry about watching their young child during the day, then they are free to get jobs and thereby contribute to society. In Quebec, this program is one of the only that creates revenue for the government specifically for that reason.

 

What taxes and how does he define extreme wealth?

 

https://theweek.com/speedreads/8976...ls-current-system-international-embarrassment

Ah he wants to go after "Net worth" and not income..... Never going to happen.

 

With how much childcare costs these days, for a woman making minimum wage, sometimes it might just make more overall economic sense for her to stay home with her children.

In the frenzy of "gimmie, gimmie, gimmie", I think sometimes those on the Left may be overlooking practical economics.

I mean, when the childcare to take care of two children costs almost as much as the money she would be earning, it just doesn't make sense for society to have her away from watching her children. That's economics.

 

Dude normal people are laughing at this ****. Nobody wants to spend trillions of tax payer money on 'free' daycare. what a joke.

 

Oh Wow! Bernie Sanders promising something, what a novel idea. Why doesn't any other politician think of that?

How about he promise a free Lexus to everyone, I mean it sure as hell is not fair that rich people drive a Lexus and many of us don't. What kind of evil society are we living in here. By the way a block away from me a nice big house just went on sale for $850,000 now that is bullshit, why do I have to live in a $450,000 house, where is my big house, wah, wah, wah, holy crap, did I just become a democrat?

 

"Ensure the resources, rights and expertise are provided to children with disabilities. We will ensure students with disabilities receive the support they need and are included with their peers from an early age."

Every daycare will have trained RBT's along with BCBA and things like speech therapy?

Does he have any idea of the cost this adds?

 

Where does the idiot think he will get the millions of qualified people to care for all of those rug rats? Maybe he wants to import Russians, Cubans, and South Americans to do the job? Of course none of them will be qualified to care for a family's most precious and vulnerable asset, its baby.

 

Another 10 year commie plan.

 

Public daycare would end up just as screwed up as public education with teachers who belong in mental institutions. No thanks, I prefer paying $130 a week for my 3 year old's privately owned daycare.

 

Yes and like College when the Government got involved and backed it the prices of education went down.. right?

 

The logic here is misapplied because it presumes a certain cost for childcare relative to the value added from an employed parent. The cost of adding one additional child to a childcare group is almost certainly less than the value that an employed parent can add to society.

 

Uh...by hiring qualified individuals?

 

Unless of course many of those parents get employed in the new day care system.

 

Millions of people want to join the rest of the civilized world by expanding access to daycare and agreeing that, as a society, we should be able and willing to help care for the youngest children.

 

Qualified and willing people to work with kids with disabilities dont fall out of trees...

 

How is that an unless? Those parents are still providing a value to society and, in fact, are providing a greater amount of value when they care for 7-8 children as opposed to caring for 1-2.

 

Would you say parents usually do just fine at ages 0-3 of taking care of there kids?

 

Aside from Welfare Queens, is there a demand for this entitlement?

 

Might want to read Sanders plan it calls for a low Adult to child ratio in these day care centers....

 

Nothing would stop you from spending 6700/year on private daycare. Hell...that's a cheap plan. The daycare at my work is about 15k/year.

 

Trump increased spending on child care, as well as increased the tax credit for child care...while cutting taxes for all Americans.

his new budget keeps all that in place, while balancing the budget in 15 years.

 

Bernie, Bernie, Bernie - so funny!

 

If you want to be given a 850,000 house because your house is currently only worth 450,000, then you are better off supporting Republican politicians. They are the ones promoting socialism for corporations and the wealthy.

 

15 years assuming economic growth targets that has has yet to hit even once...and a balance in 15 years is only a mere 10 years after he promised to eliminate the deficit when he was campaigning.