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Sara Rodriguez: “Childcare now is as much as your rent or your mortgage.”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez On Her Gubernatorial Run

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

And so looking at those economic issues, whether that's accessible and affordable health care, whether that's a rent or a mortgage, you can afford accessible childcare. Goodness. I talk to families out there and Childcare now is as much as your rent or your mortgage. And lastly, we have to restore bargaining rights for our unions here in Wisconsin because that's going to raise wages for everybody. How would your administration be different from Governor Evers? (00:41–00:45)

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