Trump Admin Freezes Child Care Funds While Pushing Record Military Budgets

While the Trump administration acted swiftly to halt a mere fraction of federal spending for alleged fraud in Minnesota's child care program, citing an estimated $100 million in potentially mismanaged funds (Newsweek, 2018), their budgets consistently green-lit trillions for military spending. This same administration, championed by Senator Lindsey Graham who once called for the US to 'bomb the

hell out of Iran' (CNN, 2018), never seemed to find similar 'fraud allegations' in the defense industry. One might wonder if the concern for fiscal responsibility only applies to programs benefiting the most vulnerable Americans, rather than the gaping maw of the military-industrial complex. Why is it that fraud in preschool funding triggers immediate freezes, but literal trillions 'unaccounted

for' by the Pentagon is just, well, the cost of doing business?

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