You go to bed one night, and wake up to find out you have been tasked with designing the ideal childcare policy for poor families in the United States of America. We all know childcare is too expensive, says a panel of experts, and low-income working parents need assistance to be able to put food on the table for their families.

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Patrick T. Brown is a contributing writer at The Dispatch, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the writer of the weekly Substack newsletter Family Matters.

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Patrick T. Brown is a contributing writer at The Dispatch, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the writer of the weekly Substack newsletter Family Matters.

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