[ti:Child Care ‘Crisis’ Slows US Economy]
[by:www.21voa.com]
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[00:00.04]Because of the COVID-19 health crisis,
[00:03.44]many American parents are having a difficult time
[00:07.64]balancing the needs of their children and work responsibilities.
[00:13.88]That is because many childcare centers
[00:17.44]in the United States have closed.
[00:21.20]The ones that remain open
[00:23.56]have limited spaces for additional children.
[00:28.84]Media reports say the problem is "a national crisis."
[00:35.44]The Associated Press (AP) notes that President Joe Biden
[00:41.76]is trying to include a "burst" of spending
[00:46.32]on children in the $1.9 trillion spending bill
[00:52.56]being considered by the U.S. Congress.
[00:56.52]The Biden administration has said
[00:59.60]it does not want parents to spend
[01:02.60]more than seven percent of their income on childcare costs.
[01:09.28]The administration also wants pre-school
[01:13.04]for very young children to be available to every family.
[01:19.20]Betsey Stevenson is an economist at the University of Michigan.
[01:25.00]She said a change in the availability of childcare
[01:28.68]will make a difference in the U.S. economy for many years.
[01:33.72]She said it will do this by "influencing who returns to work,
[01:40.08]what types of jobs parents take
[01:43.24]and the career path they are able to follow."
[01:48.16]One of those parents is Bryan Kang of Los Angeles.
[01:53.28]He used to work as a therapist, teaching people
[01:57.40]how to physically recover from injuries or sickness.
[02:02.60]When he and his wife had a baby in July,
[02:06.16]he found that childcare centers were full.
[02:11.56]Without someone to take care of the baby,
[02:14.72]he could no longer leave home for work.
[02:18.80]He needed a job he could do from home.
[02:22.48]His new job permits him to teach at home using his computer,
[02:29.48]but he earns less money than before.
[02:33.12]Even if he had found a place for his baby,
[02:37.80]it would have been too costly.
[02:41.40]So for him to work from home was a better choice.
[02:48.00]Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
[02:51.40]has called the childcare business "broken,"
[02:55.48]because it is too costly for parents.
[03:01.20]But workers who take care of children
[03:04.12]also are not paid very much.
[03:08.48]Right now, many childcare workers are looking for new jobs.
[03:14.16]Some workers are now earning two times their former pay
[03:19.36]at new workplaces.
[03:22.44]The people who own childcare businesses
[03:25.04]cannot pay enough to replace them.
[03:29.00]Amy McCoy owns a childcare business
[03:32.40]called Forever Young Daycare near Seattle, Washington.
[03:38.80]She is getting tired of doing several jobs
[03:41.96]because some of her employees stopped working.
[03:47.52]"Nobody wants to work
[03:49.28]for what I can afford to pay right now," McCoy said.
[03:54.20]She thinks parents will have to face higher costs
[03:59.00]so she can raise the pay for new workers.
[04:04.32]The U.S. Treasury Department reported in September
[04:08.52]that many childcare workers are poor,
[04:12.28]earning less than $25,000 a year.
[04:17.44]At the same time, childcare businesses
[04:21.44]do not make much money for their owners.
[04:25.84]Briana McFadden used to run a childcare business in Washington.
[04:31.16]She closed it last month after 12 years.
[04:36.12]She thinks she would have stayed open
[04:39.56]if she got money from the government.
[04:43.60]"It really wasn't worth it to continue," she said.
[04:48.32]She plans to start a new business – a small store.
[04:54.72]Biden is still trying to find support
[04:58.60]for the spending bill from U.S. lawmakers.
[05:03.32]And it is not clear if his plan
[05:06.20]to support children and families will be included
[05:09.88]in the final spending bill.
[05:13.64]Donald Schneider is an economics expert
[05:17.40]who once worked for the U.S. Congress.
[05:21.56]He said he thinks the help for children and childcare
[05:26.28]will cost about $465 billion over 10 years if it is approved.
[05:34.64]I'm Dan Friedell. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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