After attending the Community Conversation for Change in New Glarus, a big takeaway, for me, was that Wisconsin’s lack of investment in early childhood education and the childcare industry is not only shameful, in a moral sense, but also bad for the financial security of Wisconsin families and the general economic health of the state. Even if you are unconvinced by the moral imperative to provide support networks for kids in need, it is obvious that failing to invest in childcare is a shortsighted dismissal of a big-picture cost-benefit calculation. Clearly, in terms of taxpayer money a...