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Tammy Baldwin: “It costs almost as much to send your child to childcare as…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Wisconsin U.S. Senate Debate

Published | Video Starts at 09:27

But we also know this is an area where the free market just doesn't work. The workers get far too little pay, and tuition is just out of reach of so many people. You know, It costs almost as much to send your child to childcare as it does tuition at a UW school. That's outrageous. You have only nine months to plan for child care expenses. You have 18 years to plantain plan for college expenses. But I want to tell you about the HovD plan. (09:27–09:35)

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Asserts that child care costs are nearly equivalent to tuition at a University of Wisconsin school.

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