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No one should have to go broke caring for someone else’s kids – WaPost
“On Saturday, the record government investment meant to stabilize the child-care industry during the pandemic will end. This federal funding cliff might cause 70,000 providers to go under, leaving 3.2 million children without places. The prospect has prompted an overdue conversation about how to build a sustainable child-care system in the United States.”
Is compensation excessive at the top of the state education plantation? How many more scholarships could be provided if state college and university executive pay were capped at 10 times what the average taxpayer makes?
“’We’re still dealing with these same issues year after year,’ said Rodriguez. ‘It’s just scary to me and alarming to me because we know that what’s happening now, you know, it’s just opening up the floodgates to the school-to-prison pipeline.’”
“Cha-Ching!” Lina Khan Attacks Private Equity in Health Care – BIG
Antitrust agency goes after leading edge of capital for extracting excess profits from US healthcare system through monopoly power.
