BUT NOT EVERY AMERICAN IS
PARTICIPATING.
DIFFERENT IDEAS ARE FLOATING
AROUND.
ONE IDEA THAT, HEY, HOW ABOUT IF
WE FIND A WAY TO GET WOMEN BACK
INTO THE WORKFORCE BY LOWERING
CHILDCARE COSTS.
HOW ABOUT FREE MONEY.
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME.
THOSE ARE THE COMPETING IDEAS.
WE HAVE DEROY MURDOCK BACK WITH
LETTER SAYING 15% OF WOMEN NOT
IN THE WORKFORCE CAN'T GET INTO
THE WORKFORCE BECAUSE OF THE
SKYROCKETING COST OF CHILDCARE.
>> I THINK THE STATE OR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TACKLE THE ISSUE OF
CHILDCARE.
WE SEE A LOT OF INVESTMENT IN
SUBJECTS DOES FOR LOWER INCOME
FAMILIES AT THE STATE AND
FEDERAL LEVEL.
OBVIOUSLY WOMEN AND FAMILIES
NEED TO RELY ON SOME KIND OF
CHILDCARE.
SOME RELY ON FAMILY.
EVEN IF THEY FAMILY CLOSE BY,
THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAY NEED TO
WORK.
IN GENERAL PEOPLE MAY HAVE A
LOVED ONE THAT MIGHT BE SICK
THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF CHILDCARE,
ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO
FOCUS ON IS THE MIDDLE CLASS
PEOPLE THAT FALL THROUGH THE
CRACKS IF YOU FIND A WAY TO
PHASE IN A SYSTEM OF GREAT
POSSIBILITY.
CHARLES: IN THE TAX BILL THERE
WERE CERTAIN MEASURES CHAMPIONED
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK IT A STEP
GET INFORMAL CHILDCARE, BUT THEY
CAN'T BECAUSE OF ALL THESE
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, A LOVELY
LADY LIVED ACROSS THE STREET
GOOD OUR SCHOOL.
SHE WOULD HAVE FOOD FOR US AND
BOOKS FOR US TO READ.
MY MOM GOT INEXPENSIVE CHILDCARE
AND SHE GOT EXTRA MONEY.
AND THAT WAS ALL WITHOUT THE
REQUIREMENTS.
>> YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH
INTO SURE CHILDREN ARE IN A SAFE
ABOUT THAT.
CHARLES: LET'S SHIFT.
ALTERNATIVE TO THIS, CHICAGO IS
THE LATEST TOWN IN AMERICA
TALKING ABOUT, LET'S PROVIDE
IT.
ESSENTIALLY IT'S FREE MONEY.
IT'S OXYMORONIC, THEY TRIED IT
IN FINLAND AND IT FAILED.
HOW DO YOU GIVE PEOPLE MONEY AND
THINK THEY WILL SAY I AM GOING
TO WORK NOW.
>> I THINK IT'S BAD IDEA.
I DON'T THINK IT WRAPS WE WANT
TO INVEST OUR TAX DOLLARS.
IF WE ARE GOING TO GIVE SOMEBODY
$500 A MONTH, MAKE SURE THEY ARE
SPENDING IT ON CHILDCARE OR
TRAINING, OR EVEN BEING ABLE TO
ACCESS TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO
WORK WHICH IS SOMETIMES A
BARRIER TO GET OR MAINTAIN
EMPLOYMENT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
BUT I MAY BE THE MINORITY.
>> I THINK THE BEST WAY TO HELP
RECORD LOW BLACK AND HISPANIC
AND FEMALE UNEMPLOYMENT.
MORE TAX CUTS, MORE
DEREGULATION.
CHARLES: THE PRIDE OF WORKING.