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Gwen Moore: What it means is that the cost of daycare in 2012 terms, $1,000 a month, $1,500 a month, depending on the age of your…

On the recordJune 26, 2012
What it means is that the cost of daycare in 2012 terms, $1,000 a month, $1,500 a month, depending on the age of your child, is so great that work does not pay.
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Gwen Moore
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Highlighting the financial burden of daycare on working parents.

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