LETTER: Low income families hurt by GOP stance on child care aid

To Ozaukee Press:

State Sen. Duey Stroebel’s recent letter to the editor (“Child Care Counts is cash handout to businesses”) is a good example of pretzel logic.

While Child Care Counts funding ends this year, his Wisconsin GOP Legislature voted down a proposal to spend $340 million for the program. This funding would keep thousands of Wisconsin child care businesses afloat and reduce individual family costs for those with low income.

Note that child care educators make $12 an hour, MacDonalds employees $15 an hour, Wisconsin’s lawmakers $74 hour.