Think Build Back Better Is Expensive? Wait Till You Hear the U.S. Defense Budget.

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Think Build Back Better Is Expensive? Wait Till You Hear the U.S. Defense Budget.
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Last month, the House voted to pass a single-year defense policy to the tune of almost $778 billion—more than double the yearly cost of the Build Back Better plan.

more than double the yearly cost of the Build Back Better plan.

The highest profile hot-button argument on Capitol Hill these days is over President Biden’s Build Back Better plan to fund a robust “caregiving infrastructure.” If passed, the government would spend $3.

It goes without saying that BBB disproportionately benefits women, who have left the workforce in droves during the COVID-19 pandemic as it disrupted school and childcare arrangements. The We don’t need the proverbial rocket scientist to tell us why women’s jobs aren’t recovering. Lack of childcare and universal pre-kindergarten is one of the biggest reasons, along with the lack of paid family leave, meaning women have to quit their jobs when caregiving calls. The BBB would go a long way toward fixing that.

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