Get ‘em while they’re young. You’ll often hear us saying that the early years are when we can make the biggest impact in a child’s development. That’s why encouraging breastfeeding is so important. The benefits of nursing are numerous: children become healthier, more resistant to disease and less at risk of SIDS or later obesity. [...]
“Think of the debt we’re leaving the next generation,” deficit hawks will often remark. Yet sometimes the cuts they propose are our most important investments in the next generation. We need to make sure that when we balance the budget, we’re not leaving behind a different kind of a debt: a human deficit. Next week [...]
Along the stately halls of Capitol Hill offices, which house the work of the world’s greatest deliberative body, are a few rooms with nicknames like the Lactation Station, the Milk Factory, and the Boob Cube. These are the lactation rooms for many of the nursing mothers of national politics, where everyone observes an unspoken rule: [...]
It seems every few days someone in Washington has a new plan, commission or deal to cut trillions from the federal budget. But these discussions are always about the dollar amounts cut, not the families cut off from services as a result. As policymakers ponder vast changes in how the government collects and spends money, [...]
It’s wrong, and ultimately ineffective, to balance the budget by cutting federal support ofhealth care. Both the House and White House budget proposals include cuts to Medicaidand Children’s Health Insurance – but these programs should not be on the negotiating table. Cuts to Medicaid will cause millions to lose coverage, making health costs rise nationwide. [...]
This week is the 10-year anniversary of the Bush-era tax cuts for the nation’s wealthiest households. In 2012 alone, the extension of these cuts will cost taxpayers an estimated $20 billion. In stark contrast to these tax cuts to the rich are the terrible sacrifices we’re now demanding of the poor. The House is now [...]
Very soon Congress will decide on a budget that could make painful, dangerous cuts to services for children. While Congress calls this spending “discretionary,” it’s actually very mandatory for the many families still struggling from the recession. We’re talking about the important stuff: child care, early education, nutrition and more. Among the proposed cuts is a [...]
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