On #WITHpod, I said that giving parents cash rather than subsidized child care would help men be stay-at-home dads. @chrislhayes described this as "basically a conservative position," noting Mike Lee's proposal for an expanded child tax credit. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad…
I don't think he's wrong that this is how the politics have worked out, but I think it's unfortunate because a giving parents cash when their kids are very small seems like the better policy on the merits. fullstackeconomics.com/p/giving-paren…
Something that I think is underplayed in progressive discussions of child care subsidies is that it's going to really expensive on a per-child basis, especially if you want to push up the wages of child care workers at the same time.
If you're going to spend large amounts of money helping the parents of young children, it's best to just give them the money and let them decide how to spend it. Maybe they can find a cheaper child care option (like grandma) and use the money for other needs.
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