>>toomuc+(OP)
Where is the money coming from to keep these services afloat? The federal funding environment seems less magnanimous these days, plus as other have pointed out, New Mexico is not an economic powerhouse.
>>dpflan+S7
Oklahoma has had free pre-K for years now. If a red state like Oklahoma can figure out how to fund child care, it should be easy for New Mexico to do something similar.
>>cridde+rq
Perhaps this is one of those issues that gains momentum amongst enough states to become nation-wide phenomenon like other government-solutions/decision-for-social-issues do.