A.G. Gancarski
Families with parents who have to work and who need child care shouldn’t expect direct help from the Ron DeSantis administration.
During a Never Back Down meet and greet event in Rock Rapids, Iowa, the Governor and 2024 presidential candidate said that while the federal government could work in a “supportive” role, offering “tax credits,” his instinctive aversion to “bureaucracy” stops him from saying Washington could do more.
He also noted that people who “dropped out of the workforce” during the COVID-19 pandemic were to blame.
A questioner named Ashley asked DeSantis his plan to help “families (that) can’t work because they don’t have day care, let alone affordable day care.” She noted that the “shortage is huge, not only in Iowa, but also across the country.”
“I think what we’ve seen with the Bidenomics is it’s almost impossible for a family to get by on a sole source of income. And, you know, I believe people should have the right to make the decisions of how they do their families,” DeSantis said Friday.
“But if somebody wants to stay home with the kids and it’s not economically feasible, then they get put into a situation where they’re searching for child care and they’re searching for all this.”
“You know, I don’t know that the federal government is going to be able to solve that,” DeSantis added “because I think that to impose bureaucracy, certainly mandates would not, there may be things you can do with the tax code to make things work a little bit better.”
DeSantis had dealt with a similar question in a previous Iowa stop earlier this month.
“It used to be, you could support a family on a single income,” DeSantis said in Panora, so that “parents have options in terms of what they want to do.”
“I mean, like for me, most people, they have to juggle all this just to make ends meet. That’s not a good economy for the middle class,” said DeSantis, now a millionaire who lives in state-provided housing and is insulated from economic variables like the property insurance crisis.
Florida is not immune from these issues. Even before the pandemic, nearly two out of five children lived in areas where child care was hard to access. Meanwhile, 51% of children nationwide face the same problem.
54 comments
Tjb
August 25, 2023 at 12:37 pm
For a guy who is about protecting and caring for children, I am calling BS on DeSantis. Nothing like Christian values, Ron!
Valerie
August 26, 2023 at 8:32 pm
Seriously hate our government There ruining America one day at a time and this guy is front and center
F Lavigne
August 27, 2023 at 12:06 pm
Not even about christian values, IT IS ALL ABOUT HUMAN VALUES WHICH HE HAS NOTHING OF.
WhatNow
August 25, 2023 at 12:38 pm
Why should moron care if it doesn’t directly affect him & his family or fit with his 1940’s-1950’s view of American society?
Tom
August 25, 2023 at 12:44 pm
He should be like a regular politician and promise the world then deliver nothing. What’s wrong with this boy?
Marie
August 26, 2023 at 7:59 am
So true, not a smart strategy.
Joe
August 25, 2023 at 1:18 pm
Worst. Campaigner. Ever.
Michael K
August 25, 2023 at 1:38 pm
He’s not pro-life – he’s pro-forced birth.
His 15 minutes of fame are up
August 25, 2023 at 1:46 pm
Kinda explains why he’s at 5% among Republicans under 55!
Donna Knoblock
August 25, 2023 at 2:14 pm
I was there at the meet and greet. Ron De Santis never said the government would do nothing to help. He hopes to turn our economy around so couples can have one stay at home parent, or be better able to afford childcare. He even spoke of possible tax breaks. Why are we so ready to give the government control of our children at an even earlier age by wanting more government money anyway? Please get your stories straight!
Josh Green
August 25, 2023 at 2:20 pm
“He hopes to turn our economy around so couples can have one stay at home parent, or be better able to afford childcare.”
You’re an idiot if you believe a single word of this. The last 40 years of Republican policies that started with Reagan are the reason nobody can afford anything on just one income anymore.
If you’re a Republican and NOT a millionaire, you’re a moron.
No question.
Donna
August 25, 2023 at 4:00 pm
And I’m sorry you believe this and feel the need to resort to name calling. I think what he has accomplished in Florida speaks for itself.
Ocean Joe
August 25, 2023 at 6:30 pm
It certainly does. I hope Florida survives this guy.
John Michael
August 25, 2023 at 9:08 pm
He is destroying Florida! He is a want to be Dictator! America is supposed to be a free country! Life, Liberty and the Persuit of Happiness!
Mr. Haney
August 26, 2023 at 5:57 am
You don’t think much at all Donna. DeSantis hasn’t accomplished anything in Florida.
Angie
August 26, 2023 at 8:45 am
He has accomplished taking away our personal freedoms, spending our tax dollars on his campaign, spent our tax dollars to trick and fly migrants from Texas, doing everything he can to bust public sector unions, stripped women of reproductive rights, spending thousands of dollars of our money on lawyers to fight Disney because they spoke up about his harmful LGBTQ agenda, promotes book bans. To much more to mention. Yes, he has accomplished a lot.
Silly Wabbit
August 27, 2023 at 1:36 pm
You kwazy.
Lace
August 25, 2023 at 8:52 pm
I totally agree. Finally someone tells the truth.
Michael K
August 25, 2023 at 5:05 pm
That’s out of the Viktor Orban playbook. The only way to achieve this far-fetched fantasy is to address income equality. What makes you think the billionaires who control Ron and the republican party are at all interested in doing anything to address income gaps as they push to destroy unions, public education, pensions, Social Security, and Medicare?
Lace
August 25, 2023 at 8:52 pm
So true.
Cheryl
August 25, 2023 at 10:09 pm
Really? He has made Florida a joke of a state! He has done nothing for Floridians but take away rights. Stole money from our state and who bullies Disney anyway? Businesses are leaving and hate is everywhere. That’s your idea of a good economy, where children are forced to have children? Women are forced to have babies and child care is questionable to support your children especially if your a single income family with no man to work. It would be ideal to survive off of one income but unrealistic as a single parent. Families come in all sizes it’s not a one fits all situations. Our govenor couldn’t even offer up an answer to the question of child care. He is not for people just his ideogies.
Ray
August 26, 2023 at 9:07 am
Yes you’re right Donna, but what he said and what this obviously liberal reporter printed doesn’t make for sensational headlines. As tom said, he sould lie like the opposition so he can get support.
john bumgarner
August 26, 2023 at 4:13 pm
You actually read his statements. Seems people just change it up to fit their agenda.
Teresa Magnolia
August 27, 2023 at 7:37 am
Why should you get a tax break for having kids you can’t afford. As far as going back to a one parent working household how do you think he could accomplish this. FYI he was against the minimum wage increase in Florida that the voters voted for, he tried every way he could to stop it from going into effect, but it didn’t work. Because of him Florida has the highest inflation in the USA. He wants to be a dictator not a leader. In Florida if he can’t get his way, he will punish you. I have heard many GOP say that if they did not step in line with what the Dictator wanted their community would get unished with no funding in the budget.
S Boyer
August 25, 2023 at 7:21 pm
DeSantis is so out of touch with Florida citizens it’s pathetic. Donna, homeowner insurance has doubled for many homeowners, home less people are on the rise because rent is so high and income is so low. Auto insurance as well as homeowner insurance carriers are leaving the state. I agree with the man that said you should not fall for his rhetoric, when all is done it will be something much deeper and will only help the few.
Margarette Hayes
August 25, 2023 at 7:54 pm
Dictator, removal of personal freedoms, excessive homeowners insurance, threatening Disney, thus almost ofvthe income generated in the state, threat to the surrounding business community that has been created as a result of Disney, working to dismantle public education and unions, almost destroyed the agriculture and construction industries with his stance on “illegal immigrants. That’s what he has done for Florida.
Lace
August 25, 2023 at 8:54 pm
I live in Florida. He is a dictator. He has gotten rid of all transparency as to what he is doing and what us going on with Florida money going to his campaign expenses.
John Michael
August 25, 2023 at 9:10 pm
Yes! Absolutely!
To the Right
August 25, 2023 at 9:09 pm
Public education systems need a little dismantling…I’m tired of having my children indoctrinated by woke-ism. Having been to Florida it seems to be the farthest thing from a communist country that I can see. Ron Desantis is not destroying Disney, Disney is destroying Disney with its woke agenda… just like Target and Bud light. I could continue disputing but with the hatred you all have towards Governor Desantis I don’t think most will allow any light to penetrate.
ron
August 26, 2023 at 8:01 am
let me choose I don’t need daddy desantis
Angie
August 26, 2023 at 8:49 am
Do you even know what woke is? It means nothing. You have been indoctrinated.
Silly Wabbit
August 27, 2023 at 1:13 pm
You kwazy.
Earl Pitts "The Ronald's Un-Official Campaign Mananger" American
August 25, 2023 at 9:35 pm
Seriously America,
You weaklings just need to “Man or Woman Up” and take care of your €ffin business.
Govornment supplied child care????
My Big ‘Ole Butt.
This crap has to stop now. How about you pay your child care???
Seriously you panzies:
Next you whiney diaper baby Adults are going to want govornment provided @55 wipeing after you squeeze out a stinky log.
It stops now you big adult babies. Handle Your Business!!!
Thank you America,
EPA
*this grow the €ff up public service motivational anouncement was brought to you courtsey of The Earl Pitts American Fan Club along with actual words of pure “D” wisdom from The Man Himself, Earl Pitts American*
Donna
August 25, 2023 at 9:55 pm
Amen! And thanks for the smiles! Could not have said it better myself!
Earl Pitts American
August 26, 2023 at 10:42 am
Thanks Donna most of our Great Nation is with us on this. Pay no attention to the lefty posters here.
Now if those leftys really need someone to provide free child care they should try whining to their employer…but first they should get and keep a job!!!!
EPA
Silly Wabbit
August 27, 2023 at 1:14 pm
You kwazy.
Cheryl
August 25, 2023 at 10:14 pm
Aren’t you a charmer? Full of hate and no compassion for others as long as it doesn’t effect you. Yep, that is exactly what Florida has become.!
PeterH
August 25, 2023 at 9:54 pm
DeSantis should just say it!
The DeSantis vision for the American family is for women to be uneducated pregnant handmaidens, baking chocolate chip cookies, washing dishes, washing clothes and homeschooling a litter of children who must stay at home because public schools have one teacher for 70 students!
Fran
August 25, 2023 at 9:54 pm
I like Governor Desantis,
Governor Desantis has done a great job in Florida. For those of you are so negative move to a state like New York, or Michigan or Pennsylvania then you can see a awful Governor. If he has been so bad for Florida why does everyone want to move to Florida?
Michael K
August 25, 2023 at 11:29 pm
Oh honey, it’s the weathe. As they say, it’s not just the heat. It’s the stupidity.
Florida is winning the race to the bottom.
TJC
August 27, 2023 at 1:33 pm
Not everyone, Fran, not everyone. The population of Florida has been climbing steadily since WWII, regardless of which party or governor was in power. DeSantis likes to tell his followers that it all started with him, and that’s a lie. He also tells the whole nation that we Floridians didn’t have any pride in our state until he became Governor — also a lie, or perhaps a masturbatory fantasy of his.
And we don’t have to move to another state just because we don’t buy what he’s selling, dear. We are free to stay and complain, no matter how much that irritates you. Hey, you can stay, too, and irritate others like you did me. See how that works?
Carolyn Adams
August 25, 2023 at 10:04 pm
Mrspackratcarol@@ol.com
Carolyn Adams
August 25, 2023 at 10:06 pm
Maybe He should write a book how NOT to get nominated
Dale A Arnold
August 25, 2023 at 11:10 pm
He is an empty suit! Don’t expect him to solve real problems! He doesn’t care Florida!
Brian Condron
August 26, 2023 at 8:16 am
Where does he get his EEJITRY FROM?
‘Hard to believe this clown went to HARVARD LAW , BUT…THEN AGAIN SO DID TED CRUZ !!
Brenda McCray
August 26, 2023 at 9:25 am
What some of you and Ron DeSantis fail to realize with this “Woke” crap is , it’s not the books. You can’t deny what’s infront of you. Some children you can tell at an early age that they are different no matter what you may think and if you try to force them to not be, then you are in denial. Again, it’s not the books, it’s right in front of them and there’s nothing you can do to change that. Also, I still don’t see what Black History has to do with all this woke crap. History is exactly what it is and it’s educational no matter if it’s good or bad. I do believe that all these bills that DeSantis is passing is just for political gains and not for the good of the people. Politics have always been Politics but every since Donald Trump came along, somehow when he made the statement about “Making America Great Again” you have people that think that we can go back in time when slavery exist and DeSantis has gotten on the band wagon thinking that will take him to the top. If people believe in the Bible, it tells you that God created man in his own image. When people are born, they don’t get to pick and choose their race, because we all live and die the same and a “Man” can’t change that, no matter what his status is. I just don’t understand why some people based on their skin color think that they are better. LET ME REMIND YOU THAT LIFE AND DEATH DON’T DESCRIMINATE. And I truly believe that most Americans don’t want Trump or DeSantis for a President because our society don’t need more hate.
On the right
August 27, 2023 at 12:48 am
Don’t even go there with calling woke and racism the same thing! I know the Bible and I believe every Man and Women regardless of race, are totally equal in God’s eyes and in mine… But God made them Male and female and This is what I object to being taught to children!…That they can be sexually mutilated at a young age because they”feel” like they were born the wrong sex? How perverted is it when we as a society think this is ok??? What will the woke crowd say next? Pedophiles are ok because they “feel” attracted to young kids? I’ve never thought that Race is a part of this woke movement…. In Gods eyes we all are the same race!
The Truth
August 28, 2023 at 6:31 pm
God also made people middlesex. This is a scientific truth. There are people born every day with both female and male genitalia and there are people born with genitalia that do not fall within your picture books. There are also many biological factors, such and hormones, that don’t fit clearly into box A or B. If you want to invoke God, please understand that God didn’t make mistakes with these people either and it is YOU challenging the works of God.
Carol
August 26, 2023 at 11:39 am
Ron DeSatan
I live in FL and this is the nickname we have given him
Jake
August 26, 2023 at 11:43 am
Ron Desantis is just an awful man.
Troy Zeigler
August 26, 2023 at 3:36 pm
I’m sorry, but on this issue, DeSantis is an idiot. I’m not normally a name caller, ut he is just genuinely clueless.
Christopher A Lee
August 26, 2023 at 10:35 pm
Just like a rank and file republican. “We love the Lord, and every baby is baby Jesus, but once you have it, we”re not supporting the life of that child one iota. Self reliance all the way, beggars.”
Tanya
August 28, 2023 at 6:40 pm
There is a childcare shortage that impacts the ability of parents to return to work, which would stimulate the economy, as well as ensuring national security by allowing more US investments and discouraging jobs from moving offshore. If Ron isn’t up to tackling an issue that makes sense for all, what problems does he think he can solve? Take it from Floridians- not many. He hasn’t tackled the property insurance issue. He hasn’t tackled the housing and affordability crisis. His predecessors- Rick Scott, Jeb Bush, were much more effective at managing emergencies from hurricanes and, well, everything else.
Glenda Morgan
August 29, 2023 at 11:54 am
Well, after reading the pros and cons this is what I think. 1. If you force a female to give birth you have a responsibility for that birth or your no better than a deadbeat dad who abandon the female after doing the deed. 2. Wokeness starts at home being in the care of the education
system for 6 hours a day for 5 days and being under parental care 18 hours a day for 7 days makes me question your interaction with your children which leads me to the indoctrination part. If a 20 year old can be so full of hate who’s influencing them. Hate is taught No one is born this way. The parent spends more time raising their children and if they can be changed in 6 hours maybe you are the problem. 3. One salary supporting the household end the day when people started voting for things that support the rich and no one else. The rich got richer the poor got poorer (yes you are poor if your getting a pay check) The 1 percent now own 3/4 of the wealth here and some how they have successfully blame 99 percent for the problem. 4. Divide and conquer in fighting, a barrel of crabs that keeps pulling each other down therefore no one gets out. 5. If you believe in the Bible your suppose to take care of anyone in need of help not judge them. Red or brown black or white we are all precious in his sight. 6. Lying to our children only harms them. I would be more concerned with what my child can access on the internet than what a teacher tells them. From what I see is parental control on what a child can access on the internet should be your primary concern if you don’t want to rob your child of their innocence not taking control of what can be accessed is like giving your child a load gun and expecting them not to pull the trigger. Rasicim is a taught behavior if you are using negative language in your home remember children are like sponges picking up everything. If you don’t want your child prepared to live in reality ask yourself who’s indoctrinating your child. From what I see it isn’t the teacher you just need to look in the mirror. If your making 250000 or more a year I understand you are voting for your best interest but if you are making less that means that they are getting a good laugh knowing how stupid you are. Just saying, we all in this together.
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