Despite sharp spending cuts to domestic programs like education and environmental protection, President Donald Trump's 2020 budget proposal, which he sent to Congress on March 11, calls for a sizable sum to be spent improving the availability and affordability of child care.
By including the measure, the White House is signaling that it wants in on political debates currently happening around an issue that costs families in 28 states more than a year of college tuition, according to Child Care Aware. To be successful, states would have to"establish targets for reducing unnecessary regulatory or other requirements that limit the supply or increase the cost of child care," according to NPR. This requirement isn't meant to alter things like child-to-caregiver ratios, but instead relax things such as zoning requirements that prevent child care centers in residential districts.
Listed as part of Trump's plans for the Department of Labor, the funding of which he wants cut by $1.2 billion, or 9.7 percent, for 2020, is a proposal to give new mothers, fathers and adoptive parents paid family leave so that they can bond with their new child and recover from childbirth.
MakeIt How much money could they save by cutting the congress budget? I bet there is a lot of waste there
MakeIt Meanwhile here is how the same story is ‘headlined’ on the CNBC iOS App. Getting rid of student loan subsidies, loan forgiveness, and numerous repayment options 👍. And the GOP wonders why nearly everyone under 40 doesn’t vote Republican. ItsAMystery Budget StudentLoans
promises made, NEVER kept
MakeIt Misleading headline. Allocates no money and punts to states to manage. At the same time guts other areas (Medicare, Medicaid), leaving states to pick up more of the share.