![]() Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Patty Murray, along with their House counterparts, have each submitted a major child-care bill in recent months. In his public remarks and his proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year, President Joe Biden is certainly insistent about the need for a permanent answer to child-care funding. Read: The reason child care is so hard to afford No other country makes it work without a major investment from government.” As Annie Lowrey wrote last year, “The math does not work. The system desperately needs a large infusion of permanent public money so that programs can compensate educators well, parent fees can be slashed, and supply can rise to meet demand. Centers have shut down for want of staff, long waitlists have stretched to the point of absurdity, and the rising cost of care continues to exceed inflation. In fact, the industry is still down more than 50,000 employees from pre-pandemic levels. In other words, child care simultaneously is too expensive for parents and brings in too little revenue for programs to operate sustainably. Child-care providers have very high fixed costs due to the need for low child-to-adult ratios, so they can’t pay their staff well without significantly increasing parent fees (many child-care workers make less than parking attendants). The instinct to make for any policy port in a storm is understandable, and the American child-care system is stuck in a years-long hurricane. Since Joe Manchin and 50 Republican senators killed the bill, however, many policy makers have started following a tired old playbook: If at first you fail to make something a universal right, try making it an employee benefit. This overhaul would have put child care squarely in the same category as Social Security, Medicare, and other guaranteed supports: It would have, in other words, become a right. The act also would have capped all but the wealthiest families’ child-care bills at 7 percent of their income. When the House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act in 2021, it included $400 billion in funding, part of which would have paid programs enough to boost providers’ wages, in turn increasing the supply of available slots. I 'DODGED A BULLET' with this group.For a brief moment, it looked like America could get a real child-care system-one that wasn’t defined by lengthy waitlists, sky-high fees, and crossed-fingers quality. I had RED FLAGS from my first contact with this organization at its actually a relief to dis-associate with them completely. ![]() ![]() He stated that it shouldn't take more then 10 minutes. Before the interview even started he asked me to remove those same boxes upon my arrival. This guy was a complete jerk of Turkish decent and extremely condescending during the interview process and this was my first contact with him. at the conclusion of the one hour interview. As a GOOD WILL gesture I did break down the boxes, etc. I was dressed for a second interview NOT MANUAL LABOR, and this was before I was given any details pertaining to the position. When I asked the reason the Director didn't like my response to cutting up and breaking down almost 30 plus boxes, removing them from the building to a dumpster located 100 yards behind the building without a cart or equipment. After proceeding with two lengthy interviews and the signing of a terms contract, I was notified by voicemail that they are rescinding their job offer. The Director was TERSE, unprofessional, demanding and difficult and was caught in a BLATANT LIE. Worst interview process I've ever experienced in over 40 years of employment.
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