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<\/a>And while there is still a great emphasis on the educational<\/i> standpoint that early childhood education advocates use as talking points, discussion is now gearing towards (and appealing to) the economic <\/i>portion of the advocacy that comes from cultural optimism.<\/p>\nEven Heckman himself wrote a paper<\/a> in 2004 of all the benefits \u201cinvesting in young children\u201d could bring forth for our country.<\/p>\n So how exactly do these toddlers become the heroes of our nation?<\/p>\n Taxes do not seem to be the answer to our nation\u2019s search for preschool for all considering Obama\u2019s proposition for this was to tax tobacco. A bit contradictory and also risky<\/a> considering this implies people should be wasting more money in the tobacco industry; a majority of smokers are already part of the lower-income group (and counter intuitive if one mentions this universal preschool agenda seeks to benefit lower-income members of society).<\/p>\n No, the answer cannot stem from something entirely economic; the way of convincing people is the way it started\u2014focus on the children (in order to secretly talk about everything else).<\/p>\n Putting the \u201cUniversal\u201d in \u201cUniversal Preschool\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n As Heckman mentioned in the 90\u2019s, universal preschool begins by helping bridge the gap of “ability and access.<\/p>\n Universal preschool would mean that all four-year-old children would have access to a quality preschool regardless of income. This would then help children of all color get the education that they deserve, which would mean they would do better in school and have less of a chance of actually needing extra help as they continue through their educational career.<\/p>\n Children would then get older, but having gone to preschool, they would have less of a chance of being involved in crime, dropping out of high school or relying on government assistance as an adult.<\/p>\n Change helps create more change and by starting at the bottom and working our way up, can one appeal to a broader audience.<\/p>\n It is only then, after making the point culturally, that one can begin to talk about it economically again. As Dicken\u2019s wrote in 2009<\/a>, The benefits of preschool are with no question all positive ones. A majority of society is completely in favor of it.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u201cwell-educated individuals are more likely to be employed at all points in their lives and live longer than those who are less educated which in turn increases labor supply and influences long-term GDP.”<\/p>\n