The hypocrisies of cutting funding for Head Start.

[no_hypocrisy]

First, in some states, you get pregnant and you can't obtain an abortion.

So you have a child.

And the federal and state governments don't provide for "welfare" anymore.

So you have to work.

And you put your child in Head Start so you can both work and avoid having to pay for a babysitter or daycare for profit. You're doing the right thing, being responsible.

Now, with DOGE, etc., you lose your Head Start school. Your child can't stay home alone. You likely don't have the money to pay for his/her care. So you have to choose between working and going bankrupt (and/or evicted or hungry) and staying home (and also evicted and/or hungry).

You are condemned to poverty. Your child is condemned to poverty.

[Haggard Celine]

1. I've heard people say that Head Start is just

a babysitting service for poor, lazy people who are already staying home all day without a job. They want all the poor to be desperate and willing to do anything they're told. People are slowly finding out that we won't have any more safety nets. It's getting real!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. And children are getting a valid preschool education.

Introduction to the alphabet, numbers, counting, socialization, play.

The children are students. They don't run around on the playground and drink juice.

Plus, Head Start may be the only nutritious meal the children get five days a week.

[Haggard Celine]

4. It's a great program, especially

for underprivileged kids who haven't had much education to speak of. Maybe we could have a program for those kids' parents while the kids are in school. They could be trained in various jobs and have cooking classes and such. That would cost a lot of money but we could reap dividends from such programs for years to come.

[Irish_Dem]

3. They don't want children to be educated. They want poor, ignorant worker bees.

Who will be desperate for any job.