Investment in child care and education
Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act would increase employment by 2.2 million jobs by repairing public school buildings, establishing a national corps of child care workers, putting hundreds of thousands of teachers back in the classroom, hiring police and firefighters, adding staff in the National Parks, and creating a national service corps to put hundreds of thousands of young people to work improving public lands, building trails, and doing community service work (Office of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky 2011). The act would provide $227 billion over two years, with half of its impact coming before the end of 2012.