Inflation is the highest we have seen in four decades, and one does not have to look far for its impacts. The CBS 2 Investigators are asking, what are the solutions?
-- From the gas pumps to the checkout counter, you don't have to look far to see the effects of inflation - it's the highest we've seen in four decades.
Right at first, it might be hard to see the connection. But many economists are arguing that affordable childcare and economic recovery go hand-in-hand. "We don't know if a kid has a cold or COVID and we can't take any chances," Mansker said."A lot of kids didn't come back after we reopened in June. We're short on staff, teachers, teachers' assistants, supplies that we have to buy. We're not getting the funds we need to keep us going either."
Kashen pointed out that parents, many of them moms, having to leave the workforce contributed to the higher prices we see today.
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