Young Adults’ Real Crisis Isn’t Affordability — It’s Lifestyle Expectation Inflation
It may be time for a renaissance of the old-fashioned American values of moderate expectations, frugality, and making do.It may be time for a renaissance of the old-fashioned American values of moderate expectations, frugality, and making do.Socialist Mamdani rolls out costly ‘free’ child care program to NYC workers — after crying financial crisis
New York City's democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announced a free child care program for city workers after previously claiming the city faces a $12 billion budget deficit. His goal is to provide universal child care to all New York City residents, and the program is being implemented in phases.
Mamdani held a press conference on Monday to unveil NYC's first free, on-site child care pilot program, which will serve year-round approximately 40 children ages 6 weeks to 3 years.
'When we took office, we inherited a historic budget gap.'
The program will begin in the fall after the city completes its $10 million renovation at the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building to create a 4,000-square-foot child care facility. The building currently houses over 2,000 employees.
The mayor's office claims the program will put "upwards of $20,000 a year back in the pockets of working families."
"Change begins at home. As we deliver universal child care to New Yorkers, that work must include the public servants who keep this city running," Mamdani stated. "We are bringing year-round, no-cost child care right here to Lower Manhattan — not just saving families money, but giving them back hours of their time. No parent should have to spend hours commuting just to ensure their child is safe and cared for."
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Mamdani's campaign has estimated that the mayor's universal child care program will cost $6 billion annually.
Shortly after being inaugurated early this year, Mamdani claimed that New York City was "facing a serious fiscal crisis."
"There is a massive fiscal deficit in our city's budget to the tune of at least $12 billion," he stated in January.
Mamdani blamed former New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) for the city's alleged budget crisis. Adams has consistently denied leaving a deficit in the city's budget, insisting instead that he left over $8 billion in reserves.
Mamdani provided an update on the city's budget in February, stating, "When we took office, we inherited a historic budget gap. Our aggressive savings plan, daily incorporation of updated revenue and bonus estimates, and our deployment of in-year reserves in tandem with more than a billion dollars in additional aid from Governor [Kathy] Hochul, have lowered that deficit from an initial $12 billion to $5.4 billion. While considerably less, it is still a significant chasm."
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Renee Good Is Just Dems’ Excuse To Oppose Law Enforcement And Maintain Mass Welfare Fraud
A week after the death of anti-ICE agitator Renee Nicole Good, we’re watching Democrats do what they always do when they know they hold an unpopular position. They make up an endless series of excuses for why they also want what’s good for the country, but they just don’t want it done the way it’s […]Trump administration sends Democrats into hysterics by freezing funding to 5 blue states over fraud concerns
President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that those responsible for the historic fraud in Minnesota — members of the Somali community in particular — aren't just ripping off the Gopher State but the country at large.
"Think of it: $19 billion at least they've stolen from Minnesota and from the United States," said Trump.
"We're not going to pay it any more. We're going to have [Gov. Tim] Walz go pay. We're not going to pay them, and we're not going to pay California, and we're not going to pay Illinois."
In the wake of the president's remarks, the Trump administration cut off five Democrat-run states' access to over $10 billion in federal child care and family assistance funds.
'It's a giant scam.'
On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it had barred California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York from accessing nearly $2.4 billion in Child Care and Development Fund money; $7.35 billion in Temporary Assistance for Needy Family funds; and $869 million in Social Services Block Grant funds.
"Families who rely on child care and family assistance programs deserve confidence that these resources are used lawfully and for their intended purpose," HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill said in a statement. "This action reflects our commitment to program integrity, fiscal responsibility, and compliance with federal requirements."
HHS Assistant Secretary Alex Adams, the head of the Administration for Children and Families, emphasized the government's responsibility to "ensure these programs serve the families they were created to help," adding that "when there are credible concerns about fraud or misuse, we will act."
HHS indicated that the funding freeze will remain in place until the ACF completes a review and determines that the affected states are in compliance with federal requirements.
'It's cruel.'
Adams and O'Neill also announced on Tuesday that the Trump administration is ending Biden-era practices of providing child-care centers with payments up front without verifying attendance.
Democrats melted down over the funding pause, characterizing the effort to ensure taxpayer dollars aren't siphoned away by fraudsters as an attack on children.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, whose state has seen its share of day-care fraud, said in response to the funding freeze, "It's vindictive. It's cruel. And we'll fight it with every fiber of our being."
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tried downplaying the fraud, claiming that "this has nothing to do with fraud and everything to do with political retribution that punishes poor children in need of assistance."
"Rather than making life easier and more affordable for our families, Donald Trump is stripping away child care from Illinois families who are just trying to go to work," said Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D). "Thousands of parents and children depend on these child-care programs to help them make ends meet, and now their livelihoods are being put at risk."
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat with aspirations of becoming his state's next governor, tweeted, "Donald Trump has declared war on Colorado. He is now robbing thousands of vulnerable Colorado families of the critical support they need to afford food, housing, and health care."
Trump raised the matter of fraud in Minnesota during a New Year's Eve event, then noted that "California is worse, Illinois is worse, and, sadly, New York is worse. A lot of other places. We're going to get to the bottom of all of it. It's a giant scam."
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What Separates Tim Walz From Other Democrats Is His Scam Got Caught
That Tim Walz is abandoning his reelection campaign for Minnesota governor amid a maddening multibillion-dollar welfare fraud scandal should serve as a big reminder: Democrats are robbing you every day and hardly even trying to hide it. Recall Walz as the stereotypical self-abasing Democrat white male, presumably heterosexual, who was inexplicably chosen to be Kamala […]Tax-Funded Group Trains Wisconsin Daycares To Encourage Riots And Abolishing The Police
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'For a long time, many people have said and believed untrue things like: 'You are either a boy or a girl,'' says one board book sent to daycares.It’s Time For Young People To Take Sweat Equity Literally
Whatever form it takes, manual labor done well is immensely rewarding. So don’t stick up your nose — roll up your sleeves and get to work.It’s Time For Young People To Take Sweat Equity Literally
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