Senator Patty Murray says it's impossible to keep the economy growing without affordable, well-paid childcare
"We are going to continue to have workforce shortages," the Washington Democrat told Insider."We're going to continue to see it impossible for us to keep our economy growing."— legislation that would bring down child care costs and up wages for providers. Under the Child Care for Working Families Act, families' childcare costs would be capped at 7% of their income, and families that earn under 85% of their state's median would pay nothing at all.
"Childcare was a crisis long ago, but it was a silent crisis," Murray told Insider. For years, even as America's childcare grew increasingly expensive and out of reach, parents were worried they'd jeopardize their careers, she said. Now, though, it's clear that childcare is an economic necessity. "Employers need workers, and they know that unless we fix the childcare system, they won't have them," Murray said."So this is an economic crisis that is now hitting everyone. People are much more vocal about it, which is helpful."told Insider
that working in the field is essentially a labor of love, with many either relying on higher-earning partners or extreme cost-saving measures to stay afloat. That creates a vicious cycle where childcare workers leave their roles behind, care centers struggle, and parents bear the brunt of less availability and higher costs — all things that Murray's proposal intends to address.
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