Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing to urge you and the public to condemn President Trump’s cuts to important programs like Head Start.The main problem I have with such cuts is that they offer no alternative to what would otherwise be a perfectly acceptable policy or program. Removing or slashing aspects of the program would then just be destructive, rather than foundational or productive in any fashion. I personally do not see any reason that family-oriented programs like Head Start would be considered problematic, except in the case of budget expenses.Then, we ought to ask another question, one that matters despite differences among American citizens: Why is the Trump administration negatively targeting families and child care programs?Republicans could then cite these cuts as examples of ‘sweeping’ changes, when in reality they would be a quick bang for your buck type of fodder used to generate doom and gloom headlines in news publications. Polit...