"The government should also give us day-care centers to give unemployed people a chance to work. Many parents stay home in poverty because they have no place for their children to stay. if we were to have public day-care centers, the unemployed parent might get a chance to get a job." AL

"To be perfectly honest, when I first set out to write this paper I didn't really give a damn about the government's role in child-care. But as I learned (and more importantly thought) about the subject the more I came to believe that there was only one real answer to this dilemma. And that is that the government should and must support some type of day care for the children of its many workers." OR

"I hope that the government begins to put its priorities in order and takes the responsibility of our nation's youth. They are our future and deserve proper care when it cannot be provided by their parents." NY

"So in order to ensure that children get proper care, the United States government should provide child care at very cheap rates or for free." FL

". . .government. . . should provide federally owned child care centers in every community." PA

"The government has an obligation to the children in its country. If the United States does not take care of the children, who will?" AL

". . .the government needs to set up a child care system with national standards and reduced cost." OH

"The government should help with child care because the government is here to service the people." OK

"It is the obligation of the federal government to step in and play a major role in providing and supporting day-care, such as by tax breaks. In addition, the federal government should be the main regulating body of day-care services to ensure they are safe and well-run." OR

"One main problem facing parents today is the limited supply of funds from the government. If for some reason a parent cannot provide the care needed for a child, the government should step in to see that the child is raised properly. . .No child deserves to suffer because his family is not a member of the upper class." VA

"The government's role in the world today is to meet the needs of these families." AL

"But the two bills before the congress suggest assistance, not interference. . .The need for government assistance in private matters has been established. When the Chrysler corporation was having trouble, the government provided a multi-million dollar bailout. The government also pays the tobacco companies millions of dollars in susidies every year. Our government also put tariffs on all the imported cars to protect Detroit manufactures. These all cost the Americans billions of dollars. If the government can spend billions of dollars to help corporations, it is only fair and decent that they give our children the same respect." NY

"I think that child care is the government's problem, not the parents'." NE

"The federal government is made to serve the people (Bill of Rights)." IL

"It is the government's responsibility to look out for the people." AL

"Modern day-care centers should be provided to anyone and everyone that needs one. . . Not only do these day-care centers need to be modern, well-equipped, and supervised correctly, they need to be close and convenient." OH

"In my opinion, the government should pay money to have professional child care facilities. It would greatly help out all working parents, because it would allow the parents to rest easy knowing that the people caring for their children are government-authorized child care professionals." VA

"I believe that in our changing society, the government has a responsibility to assist each and every family with proper child care. The government needs to establish federal and corporate sponsored facilities both in local neighborhoods and where a mother or father works." NJ

"It is my best opinion that the federal government can and should set and enforce high standards and strict regulations concerning child care, and that it offer more and better designed tax deductions as well as credits to parents who must pay the unruly cost of that care." OR

"The government is the only hope for a safe, dependable, and flexible network of child care satisfactory to all the citizens of the United States. The empty role in America's day care saga must inevitably be filled by the American government." AL

"Realizing that child care is a necessity to the families of the United States, it is evident that our government must be included in child care. . .United States families need help and the government must be forced to attend to their needs." NC

"Society has an obligation and a responsibility to provide for the physical and emotional needs of our children." CO

"The job of government is to take care of the country as a whole." IN

"The government sets up the standards and then provides more jobs by hiring people to check the child care services and make sure that they follow the rules."OR

"The government has the power to pass laws and tax; these powers must be used to ease the burden of this problem. . . The government may step in at any number of places: paying parents directly to help with the cost of child care; giving special tax breaks or benefits to companies which offer day-care facilities to employees; paying for the training required for good child care workers; paying child care workers in addition to the payment received of parents; passing job security laws for parents and guaranteed parental leave; or increasing child care standards and enforcing these standards." TN

"Government has the responsibility to provide for the nation as a whole. . .power of regulation should not be viewed as a burden on society, but as an advantage to those living under it."AL

"The government's objective and obligation is to provide for the needs of America's needy." TX

"Not only should the government help by making stricter standards for workers, but also by providing benefits in the forms of loans, tax breaks, and vouchers for businesses. This will serve as a great encouragement for both working parents and the businesses that employ them." OR

"What is the government's proper role of children? Essentially, the government is each child's protector. The law protects them from abuse and neglect, wo why can't it guarantee children a good environment in which to live, learn and grow while their parents are at work?" OH

"When parents are unable to care for their children financially, or simply do not have enough time; the government must be willing to step in and help those in need." IL

"The government's role would be that of a parent. Providing for its citizens is the government's first priority, which, in recent times, it seems to be neglecting. The government must maintain its people or democracy is lost and no government will exist." OK

"In many poor countries children starve and perish on the streets and, worse, in their own homes. The reason for this is that the government holds no responsibilities for the child care that is necessary. One is left only to wonder what would happen if the United States took these same beliefs as well. Many people rely strictly on the government for financial help." AL

"Some critics may argue the United States is moving towards socialism, but we must remember the future of America is at stake not political theories." NY

"The government is thought to its people as the father of society. it is there to make sure peace is kept and all of us are happy. Another role is to take care of its young. Meaning it should be able to provide more child care for its children. . ."FL

"The government's responsibility to provide an equal educational opportunity for all children should begin at birth rather than the traditional school age."OR

"The government is responsible for the children of today." VA

"If parents are unable to provide for the basic needs of their children, the government should provide a sister solution to social security, just for the children." NJ

"People should have the right to place their child in the child care program they feel is best. That right should not be taken away based on that family's income." AL

"Government is already too involved in the citizens' daily lives and should not become further involved through child care." OH

"It should be up to the government to make sure that the daycare centers are providing the best possible care available to these children whose mothers are in the work force. This is a proper job for the government to take on because the children are an important part of our future as a nation. Our children need to be better taken care of and educated to enable our country to remain a leading nation in the world today." OR

"The bottom line is that it is our government's reponsibility to step in and help society." IL

"Americans are individualistic people, and they have been since colonial times, but they still want the government's help in some matters. Child care is one of these matters." FL

"(Government's role is )to watch out and take care of its people and what they believed in."OK

"After all, it is the government's job to take care of its people, right?"AL

"It is the government's responsibility to ensure our nation's children are not neglected but instead protected." VA

"Financial backing is important to aid the people of the United States through their personal trials and tribulations . . .The government is supposed to be for the people, by the people, but what I can't understand is its failure to meet our needs as citizens of the United States and as voices of the majority. " NJ

"The United States not only should, but is obligated to , play a major role reguarding child care in order to provide for a strong and secure future."OH "It is up to the government to make sure that the children, our future, are taken care of."OR

"I believe that child care facilities should be set up, staffed, licensed and supervised by the federal government."OH

"With universal care, not only will all children be guaranteed to be taken care of, but parents will not have to worry as much because the government can take care of screening qualified child care centers and also have periodic visits to check the personnel of the center."NY

"Secondly, the government is formed to aid the people, and this would be a rewarding and dignified way for the government to serve its citizens. When the American people are in need, the government should try its best to heed their calls." AR

"If government's role is to provide for the people, then it should also help provide for the people's children." OR

"In order to compete with other industrial nations, our government must provide quality child care at an affordable rate for everyone." NE

"Government's essential duty is to hold the union together---to produce solutions for a nation." OK

"The government should be responsible for the nation's future. If this future relies on the children of today, it is realistic for the government to become involved in caring for the children. The government receives millions of dollars in revenue each year. If just ten dollars out of every tax payment were set aside to provide for child care, our problems would be solved. In this manner working parents would be refunded for their losses and the entire nation would be investing in its future." KS

"There are many families who truly depend on the government to help them in their financial matters. They want to be able to look up to their government and be able to ask for help and get it. After all, the government is our 'Father'." FL

"One of the vital functions of the government is to be responsible to all the citizens." OR

"I feel that the government should play a large role in providing and regulating child care. I do not know what is best for children in society and the government may not have all the answers, but it should be the government's duty and responsibility to find out. It is the government's job to see that children are taken care of. . .I feel it is the government's responsibility to see that proper day-care centers are provided and that they consider low-income families when doing so. . .What is best for the children? The government may not know what is best, but it is its responsibility to try to understand the needs children have and the care that they deserve. . .I feel that the government's role regarding child care is the most important thing that the government has to do. . .I feel very strongly that the government should make sure that the children in the United States have the necessary care they need for a safe and happy life. After all, these children are our future." AL

"It is the role of our government to provide necessary care for our children!" AR

"It is only right that the government help the people. After all, this is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people." OK