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Joel Brennan: “There's a billion and a half dollars that sits on the…”

Featuring: Joel Brennan, Democratic | Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin

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June 11th 2026 - Governor Candidates Education Forum - Indivisible South Shore - Camera 2

Published | Video Starts at 1:33:34

… I would say we would do with that surplus is at the end of June, money is running out for daycares and early childhood education in the state of Wisconsin. There's a billion and a half dollars that sits on the sidelines every year in productivity. Mainly women because they can't find accessible, affordable or high quality daycare. The state was one of the last ones to put money into early childhood. (1:33:34–1:33:40)

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$1.5 billion in productivity is lost annually due to lack of accessible daycare.

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