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Harris Needs to Champion Moms’ Biggest Issue
Child care brings together three things that strongly motivate female voters: the cost of living, the economy and our kids.
Future voters of America.
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The June presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump was marked by a series of low points, each more abyssal than the last — but for working parents, the absolute nadir was when the moderators asked about addressing the cost of child care.
The two elderly men responded by bickering about their golf handicaps. In a country where it’s not unusual for child care to cost more than housing, that’s an insult.