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Republicans Have Dug Their Grave, Biden Can Bury Them
3 things Biden can do to ensure progressive wins for years to come
The country has been moving in a progressive direction for the last 10 plus years, the majority of youth believe that who you marry doesn’t matter, that healthcare is a right and that our country should move away from fossil fuels. In fact, as the voting base gets younger it also gets bluer, which is a problem for the GOP. The Republican Party is aging and generations of young people have become disillusioned with conservatism.
Instead of enacting policy, the GOP has resorted to trying to become a firebrand of controversy. However, for every voter they attract with their current far-right tactics they lose two. They simply aren’t reading the room, they are shrinking their base rather than growing it.
This has left Biden with an opportunity to secure a Democratic hold on the country for years to come. To do so, he should start with the following 3 things:
Provide federal funding for childcare starting at birth
Half of all families in America struggle to find affordable childcare leading to more parents, mothers, in particular, having to stay home with their children rather than earning an income. For families who struggle to find daycare, it is often the mother who stays home, sacrificing her career and employment for her children.
This leads to less money in the home and causes many families to struggle to make ends meet. It makes sense, if you earn less than the cost of daycare it makes financial sense to simply stop working. However, by providing a government childcare option for free, or by providing a stipend or tax credit for the cost of daycare we can keep more Americans employed and pull many families out of poverty, virtually overnight.
If the Biden Administration were to enact universal childcare it would benefit Americans from all political backgrounds and would serve as a concrete piece of legislation that independents could get behind. This legislation would be difficult for Republicans to fight against and it would likely be tremendously popular.
