Why some Utahns say President Joe Biden's plan for families is good for them

Draper resident Ashley Munk and her husband work full-time jobs and are building small businesses on the side to support themselves and their two young children.

The couple pays $1,600 a month for child care and $1,500 a month to rent a two-bedroom apartment that before Utah’s housing crisis went for $900.

“With two kids and toys and businesses and a cat, to say we are crammed in here is an understatement. Ikea organizers can only do so much,” Munk said during a virtual meeting the White House held Wednesday to tout President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.

Biden’s three-part plan includes the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed earlier this year, the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan and the $1 trillion bipartisan jobs and infrastructure bill being debated in the Senate this week.

Josh Dickson, a White House senior adviser for faith engagement, moderated the virtual discussion, which included former Utah Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams, about how the president’s agenda would benefit Utahns. Similar events were held Wednesday in Georgia, New Hampshire, Oregon and Pennsylvania.

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