Attempted legislation in the
70's:
...in 1971, Congress had enacted a much more radical day care measure, a
"child development" bill that would have mandated attendance at
federally-run centers for almost every pre-school child in the United States.
(The Comprehensive Child Development Act [CCDA]) was vetoed by (the President), who rightly noted in his veto message that
the measure would have the effect of pledging "the vast moral authority of
the federal government to the side of communal approaches to childrearing as
against a family centered approach."
-- From There's No Place Like Work, by Brian Robertson, ©2000, page 134-135.
This dashed the desires of radical
feminists who hoped "...that child care would help dissolve the nuclear
family by redistributing responsibility for children."
-- From Children's Interest/Mothers'
Rights by S. Michel, P.251Successful Legislation in the
70's
...In 1975 Title XX of the
Social Security Act was inaugurated, funds from which now subsidize day care
in 45 states.
-- "Emptying the Nest: The Clinton Child Care
Agenda", by Charmaine Crouse Yoest, Family Research Council,
1998, page 12
(In 1976) Congress altered and
expanded the tax preferences* given to commercial child care, creating what
one Senator correctly called "A $800 subsidy" per household for non-parental
childrearing.
*The Dependent
Care Tax Credit of 1956
-- "The Trojan Horse of Child
Care" by Allan Carlson, The Howard Center's The Family in America,
Jan. 29, 1998
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Attempted legislation in the
80's:
In 1988, the Dodd-Kildee ABC
Bill (Act for
Better Child
Care) was introduced in Congress. Its objectives (were):
- To make institutional secular
government-regulated daycare the norm...
- To set up a federal baby-sitting
bureaucracy...
- To (require) the use of
government-trained staff...(and) government-prescribed curriculum.
-- From Who Will Rock the
Cradle by Phyllis Schlafly, page 252
It died after President Ronald Reagan
objected to its stipulation that "...requires grandmothers (taking care of
their own grandchildren) to be licensed or registered (to receive benefits).
-- From Who Will Rock the
Cradle by Phyllis Schlafly, page 248
Successful Legislation in the
80's
In 1984, Congress raised the
maximum Child and Dependent Care Expenses Tax Credit (CDCTC)
child-care credit* figure to $1,440.
*Originally the
Dependent Care Tax Credit of 1956, currently known as the Child and
Dependent Care Expenses Tax Credit.
-- "The Trojan Horse of Child
Care" by Allan Carlson, The Howard Center's Family in America, Jan.
29, 1998
Under the Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP) provisions of the 1981
Economic Recovery Act, individuals were permitted to (reduce their income
taxes by excluding) the value of employer-provided child care services from
their gross income (with a Flexible Spending Account or FSA).
-- Children's
Interest/Mothers' Rights by S. Michel, P.256
Attitudes concerning Tax
Policy and Daycare
(More recently), the idea of compelling welfare mothers to work has gained popularity
partly because many voters feel that staying home with their children has
become a luxury they themselves cannot afford. Some employed
mothers resent having their taxes go to support other women in full-time
mothering.
-- Elizabeth Rose, Op. Cit., p
216
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