J.D. Vance Is Receiving Backlash For Suggesting The Way To Lower Childcare Costs Is To Have “Grandma And Grandpa Help Out More”

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J.D. Vance Is Receiving Backlash For Suggesting The Way To Lower Childcare Costs Is To Have “Grandma And Grandpa Help Out More”

Childcare costs in America have become a vital issue for voters in 2024. Working parents everywhere are struggling, and

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said a candidate’s position on childcare costs would influence their vote. Well, J.D. Vance is going viral for his statements on childcare, and it’s not going over well.

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In a

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from a sit-down interview with Charlie Kirk, a

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founder, J.D. Vance was asked, “How will we lower the cost of daycare?”

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“One of the ways that you might be able to relieve a little bit of pressure on people who are paying so much for daycare is maybe grandma and grandpa want to help out a little bit more,” Vance responded.

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“Or maybe there’s an aunt or uncle who wants to help out a little bit more. If that happens, you relieve some pressure on all the resources that we’re spending in daycare.”

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Vance went on to say that he believes we should provide greater access to education to help people get trained in becoming caretakers and that state governments should relax the requirements for caretakers.

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As you can probably guess, people were not happy about Vance’s comments, and many took to social media to criticize him:

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They want Grandma to work until she is 72. How is she going to babysit?

— Ravi (@ajuravi)

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JD’s mother-in-law moved across the country to care for his kids. Not everyone has that luxury. I didn’t. Until a friend stepped in and saved the day, I had to choose between working and spending every dime on childcare, or staying home and having nothing.Lots and lots of…

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In response to Vance’s viral statements, Kamala Harris’s  campaign issued a statement on X highlighting an old tweet of Vance’s from 2021 in which he professes his disapproval of universal daycare. “JD Vance says ‘normal people’ don’t want families to have access to child care.”

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It’s important to note that Vance reportedly did not attend the

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, which would have reduced taxes for lower-income families by up to

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