Trump official says funds will be released ‘only when states prove they are being spent legitimately’
The changes to US childcare services as part of a response to a viral video, made by a self-described “independent journalist” and rightwing influencer, that purported to discover massive fraud at daycare centers operated by Somali Americans in Minneapolis.
However, other news outlets have not been able to verify the claims made in the video. Allegations of exploitation of Minnesota’s social safety net have also been extensively covered by local and national news media over the past several years, and prosecutors brought charges over one allegedly massive scheme during the Biden administration.
In recent weeks, Trump has intensified his xenophobic attacks on Somali Americans, including his long-running nemesis Ilhan Omar, a representative from Minnesota who is Somali American and came to the US as a refugee. He has said that Omar is “garbage” and said Somalia is “no good for a reason”.
Maybe people should think about how they will afford a child before having it…
You can work a forty hour work week, live responsibly, pay all your bills and taxes on time, etc, and still be below the poverty line in America. You can have kids while financially stable and get hurt or sick. You could have kids and your spouse could die.
This is a foolish, uneducated comment.
Isn’t foolish, it’s just common sense… if you can’t afford kids why will you have them in the first place?
I mean it’s 2026 isn’t like birth control was invented yesterday.
You paid absolutely ZERO attention to the comment Ach made.
Your situation today is NOT guaranteed to be your situation tomorrow. You can afford kids today and get hit by a bus tomorrow, and now you can’t. Don’t pretend to be so thick you don’t understand how circumstances can change beyond one’s control.
Right. Except that half of pregnancies are unplanned… Not sure where that takes your reasoning.
What about the people who thought about it, budgeted the payments into those plans but now can’t afford the children because of the unforeseeable changes?
I don’t think the person you are responding to has nearly enough brain cells to comprehend such an obvious follow up question.
I mean yes they’re on a ‘men going their own way’ instance of Lemmy so you’re probably not wrong.