take on the ruling class of this country, which today has enormous economic power, political power, and media power. you ve got to do that. and the democratic party has got to say, you know what workers? we are standing with you. we are gonna guarantee you health care, we re taking on the drug companies. you re gonna be able to send your kids to college tuition free. you know what? we re not gonna have a child care system in disarray, and if you re pregnant, you want to have a baby, can have it for months nine months paid leave. can i have those months retroactively? just like in scandinavia. this is what we have to bring our people together, black, white and latino to stand up to justice and have the courage to take on big money interests. senator sanders, you are an inspiration to people who very much care about these issues and understand their importance. you are all business, all the time, which is one of the most lovely, charming, impenetrable things about you. i don t know
guts to take on the ruling class of this country which today has enormous political power, economic power. and the democratic party has to say you know what workers, we re standing with you, we re taking on the drug companies, you are going to be able to send your kids to college tuition-free. we re not going to have a child care system in disarray, and if you re pregnant and have a baby you can take eight or nine months in leave. can i take those months. they exist in scandinavia. senator sanders, you know you are an inspiration to people who very much care about these issues and understand their importance. you are all business all the time, which is one of the most lovely, charming, impenetrable things about you. i don t know if you know but you re seriousness has been
that we believe we need to fundamentally rethink how we approach child care in this country. it should be a part of our education system. we need to make sure that those issues around affordability and availability are addressed. and for me, that involves building a modern child care system. so, from the end of parental leave, when most parents will return to work, to the end of primary school, and what we set out as a first step around that is universal free breakfast clubs for every primary school child in england so to ease that pressure that parents face around the school day, not just when their children are young. how much, then, in specific terms would the breakfast club idea cost? so, that s £365 million a year, and that s paid for out of the changes that we put in place around non dom tax status. so, as i say, everything that we set out fully funded and fully costed and a plan to deliver it, but that would make a massive difference to so many parents who, you know, giving up
a few minutes before top of the hour. time for a quick look at the papers. indiana, covers latest fund-raising from a senate in the 2024 gubernatorial raise. his campaign raised about $1.5 million since formally launched his bid just over a month ago. he s transferred about $1.5 million from his senate campaign fund as he forgoes a re-election bid. in kentucky the courier journal reports on how the so-called tripledemic is impacting the child care system. a record 100,000 people missed work last october due to child care problems. meanwhile, doctors are bracing for the number of post-holiday infections to surge. in massachusetts, the boston globe reports the state s largest teachers union is pushing to change the state lew allowing teachers to strike.
state of maryland, we have two available jobs for every single person filing for unemployment. people say how does that make sense? it makes sense because we have a dynamic economy. we re not preparing people to participate in that dynamic economy. we ve got to focus on things like job retraining, john reskilling, fixing a broken child care system and getting people back to work. we know we have a unique opportunity in the state where you have capital coming in from the federal government, and we also have severe inefficiencies that are taking place in the way capital is being distributed. we can actually go and create measurements of economic growth without having to worry about or focus on things like raising taxes. we can actually do this by fixing inefficiencies, leveraging the captain already there and getting people back to work who will participate in the economy. you re confident you can pay for all of the programs you have in your sort of in your toolbox that you plan to p