Trump is trying to pay his way into a US baby boom. Experts say it won’t work
By Robin Buller
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Stephanie Schmidt, the director of childcare and early education at the Center for Law and Social Policy, emphasized that the average cost of infant care in the US is $14,000 per year, with that number ticking up to closer to $25,000 a year in high-cost-of-living areas. “$5,000 gets you almost nowhere when you’re thinking about utilizing it to pay for the expenses of having a young child,” she said.
Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/trump-baby-boom-bonus-checks
