In a stunning display of a lack of ability to think through any argument,
Rekha Basu has a solution for the problem of child care in Iowa - raise
the pay of the providers until their services are out of reach of the
poor! Nor can private-paying families offset those losses, since Iowa is such a
low-wage state. At about $125 a week, most parents are paying all they
can. But bringing in union wages and moving child care out of the reach of the
poor is the solution! And what is Basu holding up as a beacon of hope to
Iowa? A care provider in Chicago! One has to wonder if reality ever
manages to penetrate what Basu laughingly calls her mind. The economics of
Chicago are much different than Muscatine, or Iowa City, or Burlington.