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Elizabeth Warren: “The private market has not and cannot solve the child care…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Universal Child Care: Warren Rallies Democrats on the Path Forward Delivering for American Families

Published | Video Starts at 06:15

Well, typically when you need more workers, you just pay them more. But families are already getting flattened by sky high costs for care and they just simply cannot afford to pay more. In other words, The private market has not and cannot solve the child care market problem. The only way to develop adequate child care is for the government to fill the gap by investing in families and workers. And look, it would be a smart investment with huge payoffs. (06:15–06:24)

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Asserts that the private market cannot adequately address the child care issue.

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