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Edward Markey: “Child care in Massachusetts has surpassed $26,000 a year and…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Ed Markey Obliterates Seth Moulton In Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary

Published | Video Starts at 07:55

When the Tylenol just isn't enough. Just visit the home of a paraprofessional educator. She knows affordable daycare is nearly impossible to secure because Child care in Massachusetts has surpassed $26,000 a year and a paraprofessional only makes $36,000 a year. The arithmetic and the economics just don't work for her and for hundreds of thousands of others in the Commonwealth. (07:55–08:06)

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Asserts that child care costs in Massachusetts are $26,000 annually, while paraprofessionals earn $36,000 annually.

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