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(22,665 posts) Thu Sep 8, 2016, 11:14 PM Sep 2016

Could a Hillary Clinton presidency spark a preschool evolution? - PBS

For the first time in U.S. history, Americans may be about to elect a president whose signature issue is early childhood.

“If we want our children to thrive in tomorrow’s economy, we must invest in our children’s future today, starting with our youngest learners, especially those from our most vulnerable and at-risk communities,” Hillary Clinton told The Hechinger Report in an exclusive email interview conducted through her campaign staff. “I’ve made a career out of fighting for children and families.”

And while that’s a great talking point, crafted by an experienced politician, it’s also true. Over the course of her 40-year career, Clinton has returned again and again to the trials and tribulations of the nation’s youngest.

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Taken together, Clinton’s proposals would revolutionize how we treat young children in America. And yet, even if the country acted on every single proposal, it would still be far behind a country like England, which educates its 4-year-olds at no direct cost to its citizens, subsidizes fully half of the cost of 3-year-old care for every parent and is beginning to cover care for 2-year-olds from lower income homes. That’s all on top of the fact that new parents in England get nine months of partially paid leave plus three more months of unpaid leave. - PBS.org

While you're swooning that into your thoughts about what a wonderful human being Hillary Clinton is, think for one second. What has her opponent done by comparison. NOTHING! Not one damn thing.

While she gives gives gives, he takes takes takes.

Go out and support our candidate. Talk to your friends. Knock on doors. Spell these differences out to other democrats. And get them to early vote or vote on election day. We need every vote to give her the congress that'll get American moving forward again.

Stronger. Together.