End this déjà vu and pass Build Back Better now!
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Dear Friend,
Today may be Groundhog’s Day, but is it just me or does every pandemic day
feel like it’s repeating itself over and over (and over) again? Like the
actual movie Groundhog’s Day, where Bill Murray’s character is forced to
wake up and repeat the exact same day, day after day–except instead of a
gopher, I have a toddler and not enough child care.
Like just last week, I woke up to begin my workday AND my day as a toddler
mom. While in the bathroom half-asleep, I heard a minor crash. By the time
I rushed to the kitchen, I saw that my groundhog, I mean toddler, had
successfully smashed his way through a closed baby gate, broken an entire
carton of eggs onto the kitchen floor, and was now gleefully playing in an
ocean of salmonella. What a way to start a morning.
[ [link removed] ]**This is why we are asking you to TAKE ACTION to raise your voice to
tell the Build Back Better holdout U.S. Senators that we are tired of
living in a perpetual Groundhog Day cycle!
You can also take a photo of your very own “Groundhog Day” moment (whether
it be broken eggs, spilled milk, a sharpied wall, an unholy mess of toys
everywhere, or honestly whatever hot mess moment works!) and… Tweet it out
with why you need Build Back Better to pass now! Make sure to tag
@momsrising along with the hashtag #SolveChildCare so we can be sure to
see and share it.
Seriously I don’t know how we (yes, you and I and millions of parents and
caregivers across the nation!) have been handling this. Because to me,
every day just feels like a rinse and repeat operation. And I know for
many of us, it feels like we’re barely hanging on. The infuriating thing
though, is that we don’t NEED to live this way.
The U.S House passed the Build Back Better plan that is helping to end
this Groundhog Day disaster for so many of our families! This bill would
pass life-saving measures for families like extending the Child Tax Credit
payments, solving the child care and Pre-K crisis, guaranteeing paid
family and medical leave when your family needs it, making home-and
community-based services for the elderly and those with disabilities more
affordable, lowering the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs, and
more.
In fact, the bill’s Birth Through Five Child Care and Early Learning
Program, would provide access to child care for approximately 20 million
children and free universal preschool for 6 million children. These
historic investments would also improve the quality of programs, increase
pay for providers, and reduce child care costs for families. [1]
That sounds so much better than broken eggs!
[ [link removed] ]TAKE ACTION: Urge U.S. Senators who are hurting us with their inaction
to make a comprehensive, affordable, high-quality child care and Pre-K
system for families a reality!
Your voice is needed because unfortunately, every Republican Senator and
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is (so far!) refusing to support this. This
is why we are asking you to TAKE ACTION to raise your voice and also Tweet
a photo (like the one above) with #SolveChildcare to tell and show the
holdouts in the US Senate that we are sick and tired of living Groundhog’s
Day and we absolutely need the life-changing support to finally end this
infuriating cycle.
Even the U.S. Department of Treasury has stated “The existing child care
system in the United States, which relies on private financing ... fails
to adequately serve many families. This is not just happenstance — sound
economic principles explain why relying on private money to provide child
care is bound to come up short." [2]
[ [link removed] ]*Tell the Senators we are tired of this endless déjà vu and that we
expect them to follow the lead of the U.S. House by passing Build Back
Better!
In “Groundhog’s Day”, the main character finally solved his unending days
of déjà vu by performing good deeds for the community. The holdout U.S.
Senators need to do the right thing and vote to pass Build Back Better,
they need to do this good deed so that we can finally wake up to a new
day. A new day where our families are thriving, parents and caregivers
feel supported, care providers are fairly compensated and where eggs stay
in the frying pan, where they belong.
Thank you for all you do to support the ongoing fight for child care!
-Nadia, Nina, Kristin, Donna, and the whole MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder
Team
References:
[1] [ [link removed] ]How Build Back Better Advances Racial Equity in Child Care and
Early Education
[2] [ [link removed] ]Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic
rock bottom
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