The rising cost of child care is a core issue for some American families already grappling with inflation and the cost of living.
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new child care plan Tuesday that proposes that working families would not pay more than 7% of their income for child care.
This was the first time the Democratic nominee has spoken about the new initiative in her campaign. The 7% cap, however, was first proposed in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better package in 2021.
„It is sadly the state of affairs in our country that working people often have to decide to either be able to work or to be able to have child care“, Harris said during an event with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Philadelphia.
