Democrats will claim that their new bill at least encourages work by making child care free, but that refers only to a narrow slice of the population.
One reason: Under the heading of "Quality regulation," the bill requires that child-care workers be paid a "Living wage" and that their earnings be "Equivalent to wages for elementary educators with similar credentials and experience." The precise meaning of that would be left to regulators, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, elementary-school teachers earned an average of $63,930 annually in 2019, compared with $25,510 for child-care workers.
Perhaps child-care workers would be required to hold master's degrees, or be represented by unions that could otherwise limit supply as they do with kindergarten teachers.
The new child-care program and various additions to major safety-net programs such as Medicaid and "Affordable housing" also discourage work.
As one's income from working increases, the amount offered by these benefit programs decreases.
The revised bill also allows even America's highest-income households to receive subsidized ObamaCare insurance as long as they can't get coverage at work.
More kids will come home from a regulated child-care facility to an unmarried parent who is out of work.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction, and unfortunately the media has a strong bias. They spin stories to make conservatives look bad and will go to great lengths to avoid reporting on the good that comes from conservative policies. There are a few shining lights in the media landscape-brave conservative outlets that report the truth and offer a different perspective. We must support conservative outlets like this one and ensure that our voices are heard.
Monday, November 1, 2021
The Spending Bill Is an Attack on Work and Marriage
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