Women and a stimulus plan

All this talk at the capital has made me think a little bit harder about our economy, the poverty rates, and who could be effected the most by any sort of stimulus funding. Report upon report talks about the number of people out of work, can't get work and the longer they are out of work, the less chance they have of getting back into the workforce at the same level they left. So this got me thinking, and it reminds me of women who have been out of the workforce for years due to child rearing. So what if a major part of any stimulus funding bill included subsidized child care. There is a government system in place to regulate child care facilities, regulations, licenses, etc. I believe that having an affordable, loving place for children to go during the day when parents are at work helps boost our economic output. For example, employees, men or women, miss more work and become less productive when they don't have trusted, adequate child care for their children. As a working parent, I can whole-heartedly agree with this. So imagine having our tax dollars go toward subsidizing the child care cost incurred every month. I pay anywhere between $600 - $1200 a month in child care depending on the time of year. When Briseida is out of school, the financial hardship becomes unbearable at times. Having only one parent and one income in our little family, my existence sometimes revolves around making ends meet. I would fully support funding quality educational child care by my government over fixing bridges and roads. And the feminist side of me roots for my plan even more because if we, as a society, want to lift up the bottom, and simultaneously reduce our cost, let's put people to work who need the most help and use the most government services....women and children. The World Bank just released an article stating that investments in programs that support putting more women to work, have an equal to greater impact on the global economy than just focusing on men.  And because women are generally the person in the family who does the shopping, having more money to spend on food, clothing, shelter, and other essentials, provides that needed economic boost our world and country desperately need.