Author:Matt Bruenig
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Illustrating the Wisdom of Universal Benefits
The distributive case for providing benefits to everyone is a lot stronger than many realize.
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Visualizing the Child Care Subsidy Cliffs in the Dem Proposal
A dual-earner family with $90,000 of income is over the cliff in year one.
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Build Back Better Does Not Implement the Child Care and Pre-K Plans
Passing BBB only gets us half of the way to enacting the pre-k and childcare plans.
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How Much Money Would Each State Get Under the Pre-K Plan?
Not very much.
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The Incredible Shrinking Pre-K Plan
The first three years of the program were basically eliminated.
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New Dem Paid Leave Plan Eliminates Eligibility for the Lowest Earners
This plan just keeps getting worse.
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DC’s Education Superintendent Confirms Big Price Hikes from Dem Child Care Plan
Wage and quality mandates mean unsubsidized parents will take a beating.
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Dem Child Care Plan Could Exclude Half of Black Kids
Letting states decide whether to implement the child care plan could be a disaster.
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Dem Child Care Proposal Uses Welfare Reform Tactics to Exclude the Poor
It looks like old habits die hard in the Democratic party.
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The Case for Making Parental Leave Actually Universal
The paid leave plan is not universal despite what advocates say.
