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Bill Clinton: You know, a phenomenal percentage of single parents are spending more than 20 percent of their income on child care when…

On the recordJune 9, 1996
You know, a phenomenal percentage of single parents are spending more than 20 percent of their income on child care when their children are very young. And then when they don't need literal, physical child care anymore it becomes almost impossible for them to do anything. That's one of the reasons that these programs are so important. Ms. Gladwin. Yes, they are. The question I have to ask is why isn't there more programs like the New Directions?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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