THE TRAP ~ Episode 1: Is This How YOU Would Spend Your Money? Chief Chops for AR HD 24

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]$1,450 a month. That's what it costs a working Arkansas family to put two kids in child care. Every single month. Just so both parents can work.

[00:00:11]Maybe you're thinking, I don't have little kids. This isn't my problem.

[00:00:15]Here's why it is.

[00:00:17]Having parents out of the workforce results in $1.2 billion not being earned and not being spent every year in Arkansas. Imagine if people were spending $1.2 billion every single year in Arkansas. That's increased profit for business. It's people paying off debt. It's people buying a home. It's a family starting a new business. It's increased tax revenue for the state and it's less people on SNAP and assistance.

[00:00:46]Now, if a family chooses to have a parent stay home, I respect that completely. That is a valid choice and a hard job. But it needs to be a choice.

[00:00:56]Right now, it's not a choice. It's a trap. That's what Sarah Sanders and her super majority don't understand. Helping the working poor is the best way to help everyone.

[00:01:08]I'm not talking about raising your taxes. I'm talking about being a good steward of the tax dollars that our government is currently funneling into the pockets of the already rich and powerful.

[00:01:19]What would you do with an extra $7,000 you didn't need?

[00:01:23]Families in private school got an answer to that question because Sarah Sanders started picking up their tuition tab.

[00:01:31]Their lives didn't change. Their child was already in that school, but suddenly they had $7,000 back in their pocket.

[00:01:39]While families who actually needed that money are struggling to cover gas, rent, and $1,450 a month for child care.

[00:01:49]That's not stewardship. That's greed and corruption.

[00:01:52]$309 million and 88% of those families who got it didn't need it. That's not how you get out of 47th in education.

[00:02:03]These are the choices being made in your name with your money. Is this what you want?

[00:02:11]Your government doing with your tax money?

[00:02:15]If we fix child care, Arkansas earns back $1.2 billion every single year.

[00:02:22]That's not spending money. That's making it. Work smarter, not harder. We'll talk about what happens when families run out of money next Tuesday. I'm Chief Chops, Ryan Ichasby, running for District 24.

[00:02:35]Driven by results, bound by honor.