# The “Nanny” State: How Government Regulations Jack Up the Price of Daycare

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Podcast: [John Stossel on Odysee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553)
Published: 2026-04-14T11:30:00+00:00
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Day care costs are rising, and government promises they’ll fix it! But when government “fixes" something, that means more rules. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ “Government rules have unintended consequences,” says Carrie Lukas of the Independent Women’s Forum. Consequences like fewer day care centers and higher prices. Government rules also make lower-cost options like in-home day care centers hard to start, even though parents want them. "They are layering on regulations that make it impossible," explains Lukas. Oklahoma’s day care rules are 180 pages. Illinois gives conflicting commands: require a blanket for each infant, but then, they also prohibit use of “soft bedding." Why would you open a place if you have to understand all of that, let alone obey it? I wouldn’t. “Every time you have to figure out another rule to comply with, it’s another reason not to do it,” says Lukas. In the video above, I look at how bureaucrats’ well-intended rules make day care centers hard to start and afford. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-179wCFgkX8

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