There is simply no way to argue, based on the facts, that child care is out of reach for ordinary Americans. Whether the government ought to be making it easier for parents to send their children to strangers from the earliest months of their lives is another matter. If it passed, it would be a crucial endorsement because it would go further than the tax law already does in disfavoring those families who choose to have one parent, usually the mother, raise the children full time. Poor, single mothers have no choice but to farm out their children during the day while they struggle to make a living. As for mothers who are not poor, most make choices for care that do not involve the kind of centers the Clintons would subsidize.
Taxes are one reason couples feel pressure for a second income.
If taxes were lower and exemptions were higher, more families would be able to afford to have one parent stay at home. That's the alternative to keeping taxes high so that Bill and Hillary can decide what is quality care. But the whole concept of chirpy, well-lit child centers with Ph. Ds changing diapers and playing Mozart is a fantasy that only liberals could believe in. No amount of money the government could possibly collect would be enough to fund such centers around the country.