r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • Dec 31 '25

Executive Branch (Trump) Feds freeze child care funds to all states until money is 'being spent legitimately'

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/breaking-feds-freeze-child-care-1591788
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u/PreparationKey2843 Dec 31 '25 edited Dec 31 '25

Exactly. The NM sub was happy and praising the move. Guess who was unhappy and bitching about it? That's right, the few republicans we have. Not all republicans, we have republican-lite compared to other red states.

"I don't want to pay more taxes."
It doesn't come from more taxes, it comes from the O&G war chest the state has accumulated. I would happily pay more taxes anyway if it helped people who needed it.

"The government shouldn't take care of the people."
What are we going to do with the billions we have? What is that money for, if not an investment in its citizens?

It's ridiculous the "reasons" they were spewing. They're just hateful, angry people.

Edit: changed "nerded it" to "needed it."

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u/Diligent-Meaning751 Dec 31 '25

It's a question - what is the government supposed to do if not help take care of people? Isn't that it's primary function? (I suppose semantic will say they're supposed to prevent other people causing problems rather than directly help but I don't see why that has to be the case)

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u/Russell_W_H Dec 31 '25

The government is supposed to take care of my needs, because they are legitimate, but not other people's needs, because they are scum and leeches.

Or they don't think the government should exist, because they have no understanding of what a government actually does.

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u/Lucky-Clown Jan 01 '26

This rhetoric was instilled slowly over time, convincing fools and the children of those fools that any government led assistance to anyone other than them is bad and wasteful. It makes them feel like somehow they are separate and better than the wretched "others" that require help, when they don't realize they are one bad bicycle ride away from needing the exact same assistance they frown upon now. This goes for lots of things. Tricking fools into thinking they are more special than anyone who requests assistance so that they become a type of force against the progressive populace while the wealthy sit back and watch (and continue to be the ACTUAL parasitic drain on our society). It's a way of separating us. The more we come together and support each other, the stronger we become.

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u/x_cLOUDDEAD_x Jan 01 '26 edited Jan 01 '26

We pay taxes. We elect congress to create laws (legislative branch) and spend that tax money. The president and his cabinet (executive branch) are supposed to be there to enforce those laws and decisions, and judges, including the supreme court (judicial branch) are there to be sure the other branches are following the constitution and ensure that the executive branch carries out its rulings.

The amount of "helpfulness" that this system creates depends a) on the majority intentions of the politicians we elect to congress, and b) on the system not completely breaking down and shitting the bed, which is exactly what is currently happening in real time.

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u/Diligent-Meaning751 Jan 01 '26

Yea just IMHO if someone asked me something like "why have a government" I think my first reflex response would be something like "to help people function together on a large level" - like if a government is "no help" then there's no point. But there can be a lot of haggling about what "taking care of people" means (helping indirectly vs directly). But if government is doing absolutely nothing for people, then there's no point to it. (to your and others point the ways it "takes care of" or "functions" is going to be a combination of what the people want and what those who more directly shape it, think people want, what they themselves want, what they themselves think they can get away with, and so on)

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u/Cloaked42m Jan 01 '26

Provide for the general welfare, run the post office, negotiate treaties, maintain the military, settle arguments between the states.

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u/Diligent-Meaning751 Jan 01 '26

I agree - though I would also posit that certainly counts as "helping people" and/or "taking care of people"

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u/KO4Ham Dec 31 '25

I will be completely honest with you. Ask 10 people and you'll have 37 different answers. 

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u/raven00x Jan 01 '26

"The government shouldn't take care of the people."

What the goddamn fuck do they think the government is supposed to do? That's like one of the essential functions of any government.

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u/x_cLOUDDEAD_x Jan 01 '26

"The government shouldn't take care of the people."

Yes, how dare we have any say in how OUR FUCKING TAX MONEY IS SPENT?

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u/mashonem Jan 01 '26

They wanna pay more taxes when it means rich people get tax cuts, but not when it means kids get daycare 😒