Print Edition Archives Site Index Toolbox U.S. Dept. of Ed. Harris said of her day care costs.
Numbers illustrate the growing financial burden of child care.
They sometimes pay a late fee on their home loan to cover child care first, lest they lose coveted spaces in a center they trust. For 30 years, politicians have promised to shift the burden for families in the middle, with little result. Texas Gov. George W. Bush has proposed initiatives only for the poor, saying working families can apply his proposed income tax cut to child care bills. Would-be beneficiaries here had a feeling they'd heard that before. I saw Hillary as a working mom's best friend.