Trump’s idiocy requesting women to have more children and graciously giving them a $5,000 baby bonus, while touting that he wants to be known as the “fertilization president,” is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to showcasing his lack of empathy, understanding, and care for women and children in this country. He and his partner Elon Musk (that idiot with 14 children) are heartless and brainless tyrants.
“According to a new report by ProPublica, billions of dollars in funding for poor schools, for school meals, and for school safety have been slashed by Trump and Musk.
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so their babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The federal office that oversees the enforcement of child support payments has been decimated.
The Department of Agriculture has canceled more than $600 million in grants to farm-to-school programs that had been providing fresh meat and produce to school cafeterias.
In addition, Trump’s new budget includes staggering cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps), which provides food assistance to 1 in 5 children. It would also alter the school meal programs, making it more likely that low-income, eligible children miss out on meals.
Head Start preschools are being shut down.
The Education Department just halted $1 billion for mental health services for children. As a result, schools will no longer be able to hire psychologists, counselors, and mental health workers. The department says that the programs are no longer in ‘the best interest of the federal government.’
Since when has that been the criterion? Programs should be in the best interest of children.
The Department of Health and Human Services has dismissed all staff that had distributed $1.7 billion annually to the states to run their child welfare, day care, foster care, and adoption systems, including birth family visitation, caseworker training, and more.”
It took years to construct these programs, and in practically, one fell swoop, Trump and Musk heartlessly and thoughtlessly destroyed them.
Notes:
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-terrible-truth-about-the-fertilization?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=161992676&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=tsm7z&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email