With Every Other Problem Solved, Obama Makes Diaper Prices A Priority

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"When John F. Kennedy was president, he worried about a Missile Gap with the Soviet Union.
His party’s successor to the White House, Barack Obama, is worried about — we are not kidding — a Diaper Gap.
An official White House email alerts the public that while diapers “are basic necessities … nearly one in three families struggle to afford them for their babies.”
These families, the email says, are forced to choose among food, heat and diapers.
“That’s a choice no family should have to make.”
The email directed recipients to a White House Web page — whitehouse.gov/diapergap — wherein Cecilia Munoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, laments that while the lucky few can buy diapers by the truckload at Costco or order them for cheap on Amazon, “the benefits of the new economy aren’t available to all Americans.”
And, shock and horror, there is “no federal assistance for purchasing diapers.”
So, short of proposing a revamp of the nation’s welfare program, the White House is “highlighting a cross-sector strategy to expand access to affordable diapers” that involves manufacturers, online retailers and nonprofits..."