The Spark

the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist

“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx

Money for War, Not for Children

April 20, 2026

Last week at the White House, Trump said, “We’re fighting wars, we can’t take care of day care.”

Don’t send any money for day care. Because the United States can’t take care of day care. That has to be up to a state. Send it to the states. The state should pay for it, too. They have to raise their taxes …”

It’s not possible—Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things … We have to take care of one thing, military protection …

It’s true, that most of the time, when the president opens his mouth, it only verifies that he is a moral monster.

But the real monster is the system that requires war and will go to any length to carry out its imperialist policies, with no expense spared. Wars that kill children. Money for wars, rather than what human beings need.