Who knew that anyone on Fox is actually interested in what happened to working families after the COVID relief funds for child care expired last fall. Of course, Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy couldn't bother to point out who the actual culprit is. During a segment that aired this Wednesday morning, here's how Doocy started an interview with a woman who runs a day care center out of her home in Arkansas.
DOOCY: It has been five moths since COVID federal funding ended for child care, and many child care providers are now fighting just to stay afloat. Our next guest says after all her bills are paid, she barely breaks even.
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I'm sure you were disappointed last September when Congress didn't say, okay, child care in this country, it is a priority. We're going to figure a way to pay for it, but they didn't. And so now your industry is on the brink.
"Congress." Sorry Steve, but the word you're looking for is "Republicans."
As Vox explained last September: A program that saved child care for millions is expiring. What now?
This weekend, parents and child care providers across the nation are bracing for the end of an instrumental federal program that has stabilized child care programs and reduced costs for families over the past three years.
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