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Groundbreaking Policy Solution For Accessing Caregiving

An American Caregiver Program

Policy leaders should make it easier for families and the elderly to engage live-in caregiving help. The State Department’s au pair program is a model that should be replicated so that people can host not only foreign au pairs to provide child care, but also engage qualified, vetted American citizens and residents of all ages for live-in positions, including for senior care.

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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley

Culture

Truth.

Congress should create a new american caregivers program

    • An American Caregivers Program would give citizens and residents similar work opportunities to those currently provided to young foreigners through the State Department’s au pair program.
    • It could create a new opportunity for Americans to engage live-in caregivers—outside the existing, often unworkably complex, regulatory framework.
    • And the caregiver program would increase the supply of caregivers, and make it easier for people to get the help they need.

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America needs to protect and produce energy.

    • If the U.S. continues to pursue the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of  “net-zero” carbon emissions and favor intermittent renewables over affordable, abundant energy sources, consumers will pay an estimated 19% more on electricity by 2028.
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