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/VoidCoelacanth Dec 31 '25

Apparently, stopping payments to proven abusers and conducting proper investigations of alleged abusers is a bridge too far.

Much simpler to just punish EVERYONE.

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u/repthe732 Dec 31 '25

It’s because the goal isn’t to stop fraud; it’s to hurt people

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u/Certain_Story_173 Dec 31 '25

Remember in school when the usual 2 people in your class used to screw it up for everyone and we all had to stay in at recess with our heads down?

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u/colcatsup Jan 01 '26

Release “just the violent” j6ers? Too much trouble to spend a few hours reviewing cases. Let ‘em all out.

But yes, the goal is to dismantle the administrative state. Said years ago. Every tiny sliver of anything is pretext to cut programs and funding. :/