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“Polls have shown for a very long time that these issues to support American families were important, and were popular, but all of a sudden they became not a nice to have but a must-have, said Heather Boushey

It’s time to try something else

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“We’re talking about free or affordable child care where no one pays more than 7 percent of their income; we’re talking about universal pre-K programs with two years of formal instruction; we’re talking about two years of postsecondary education” [...] consider a life, from conception to death. Democrats intend to fund paid family and medical leave to allow a parent to take some time off during pregnancy and after a child’s birth. When that parent is ready to return to work, expanded funding for child care would kick in to help cover daycare costs. When that child turns 3, another part of the bill, universal prekindergarten, would ensure public education can begin at an earlier age

Most families with children would continue to receive federal income supplements each month in the form of an expanded child tax credit. School nutrition programs, expanded on an emergency basis during the pandemic, would continue to offer more children free and reduced-price meals long after the coronavirus retreats.

And at high school graduation, most students would be guaranteed two years of higher education through expanded federal financial aid, geared toward community colleges.

Even after that, income supplements and generous work force training programs — including specific efforts to train home health and elder-care workers — would keep the government present in many adult lives. In old age, people would be helped by tax credits to offset the cost of elder care and by an expansion of Medicare to cover dental, hearing and vision services.

We are on the verge of a historic deal to end the race to the bottom on corporate taxes. A global deal will level the playing field for U.S. companies and provide the resources to invest in priorities that will grow the economy.
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This historic international tax reform will provide revenues to rebuild infrastructure, invest in education & increase workforce training, all of which help the U.S. remain the best place to do business in the world.
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As Congress begins to finalize their legislation, I urge them to remember the historic opportunity that we have to end the race to the bottom and finally have a foreign policy and a tax code that works for the middle class.