In most of this country infant care costs more than in-state college tuition, and in many states it runs past $15,000 a year. Families are not budgeting badly — they are being asked to pay a second rent, and when they cannot, someone leaves a job they wanted to keep, overwhelmingly a mother. The federal government's own standard says child care should cost no more than 7% of a family's income. Almost nobody pays that, and Congress has known for years without acting. Resistbot is asking 2026 candidates to fund the 7% standard for working and middle-class families and pay the providers enough to keep the doors open — the seats do not exist if the workers cannot afford the job.
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In most of this country infant care costs more than in-state college tuition, and in many states it runs past $15,000 a year. Families are not budgeting badly — they are being asked to pay a second rent, and when they cannot, someone leaves a job they wanted to keep, overwhelmingly a mother. The federal government's own standard says child care should cost no more than 7% of a family's income. Almost nobody pays that, and Congress has known for years without acting. Resistbot is asking 2026 candidates to fund the 7% standard for working and middle-class families and pay the providers enough to keep the doors open — the seats do not exist if the workers cannot afford the job.
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