Federal spending on early childhood education and care exceeds $25 billion annually. President Obama and other proponents of taxpayer-funded universal preschool want to add $10 billion as an incentive for the states to expand their early childhood education and care programs—with the goal of giving all children access to state-subsidized preschool. Why is this a bad idea? Because the majority of America’s young children already attend preschool—and a new federal program that provides financial incentives for states to expand preschool would become an expensive and unnecessary taxpayer subsidy for middle-class and upper-income children. “Free” preschools would also crowd out private preschool programs, limiting choice and options for parents.

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