In 10 days, the U.S. will fall off a “child care cliff” — that’s the day pandemic-era funding for the industry runs out.
Why it matters: The funding amounted to a $24 billion Band-aid patched over an industry that’s long struggled. When the bandage comes off, the state of child care in the U.S. is likely to be even worse than it was before 2020.
Nobody wants to pay for anything, but we do it because having taxes to pay for shit like an army is kinda important. Do I want to pay for the army? No. Is it important? Yes.
If everyone only just does whatever the fuck they want, the US goes from stable and prosperous to a clown car of overweight chucklefucks who disagree with each other on half of everything. Sound familiar?