Trump Admin Freezes Child Care Funds, Boosts Military Budgets
While Newsweek detailed the immediate impact of the Trump administration's child care payment freeze, they conveniently omit the broader context: these domestic cuts often parallel massive allocations to military spending and foreign aid, particularly to allies like Israel. For instance, in 2018, the same year this child care freeze was implemented, the US finalized a record $3.8 billion in annual
military aid to Israel, part of a ten-year, $38 billion package signed in 2016. (Source: Newsweek, US State Department). It seems some budgets are sacred, while others are mere suggestions. So, while American families struggle to afford basic care for their children, our leaders are busy ensuring the military industrial complex, and its favored beneficiaries, remain well-funded. One might wonder:
how many school lunches could we fund with just one F-35 fighter jet, or a single year of military aid to a foreign nation with its own robust economy? Priorities, apparently, are a matter of geography—and lobbying power.