Biden: Better child, elderly care can create 3 million jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Embargoed until 5:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 Joe Biden wants to spend more than three-quarters of a trillion dollars to dramatically improve care for older Americans, bolster low-income families’ tax credits and provide preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds — part of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s larger plan to remake an economy ravaged by the coronavirus. Unveiled Tuesday, the proposal is slated to cost $775 billion over 10 years and is designed to create 3 million new jobs caring for older people and providing improved early education to children. Biden promises to pay for it by reducing tax breaks...