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Conservative opposition to social safety nets is nothing new. But, as daycare costs continue to soar and the US Surgeon General warns that parents are dangerously overwhelmed, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appear to agree that at least something needs to be done to help address the crisis.

Yet when faced with a simple question on the issue this week, Donald Trump and JD Vance stumbled profoundly, prompting many to wonder whether the Republican ticket had even bothered to think about child care affordability—again, one of the most acute problems facing the US economy—at all.

Just take a look. Here was Trump at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, rambling through an incomprehensible, half-baked theory that foreign tariffs will solve the problem, easy-peasy—all while dodging the question of specific pieces of legislation he’d push to help make child care more affordable. Meanwhile, economists widely agree that sweeping tariffs would severely hurt world trade.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 months ago (10 children)

They don't have a plan to fix any actual crisis that exists.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Their plan is the free market will fix it. What they as the government have to do is nothing, get out of the way, let the problem fester, and that way the free market will come up with a solution. That's their ideology.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

So unregulated daycares. Well, I can’t see anything that could go wrong there. /s

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Come on dude wake the fuck up. If three kids die at the daycare on the corner you’ll know not to take your kids there. It’s the free market and it absolutely works.

/s

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That place shut down, there's a new place there now.

Yes, it's got the same staff as the old one, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I wonder if they have a VIP service. I’m sure that would be safe.

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