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Old 10-03-2013, 02:00 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Dependency is another form of slavery.

The democrats want to keep the poor enslaved, stop them from helping themselves. Make them even more dependent on the government so they have to vote democrat.
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:02 PM
 
Location: A great city, by a Great Lake!
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WIC support for moms, babies threatened during shutdown - CBS News

This is disturbing. Why are so many people having babies they can't support?

Why? People being irresponsible, and not taking the necessary precautions when rolling around in the sack! Obviously, birth control isn't 100% and s*** happens, so the best option is no sex at all, but we all know that is way easier said than done. So my advice, if you're going to have sex, both you and your partner should exercise caution and use birth control. It worked for me.
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:06 PM
 
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The birth rate is at historic low rates for whites, Hispanics and blacks. So what if someone with low income gets some cheese and milk? The total food program of school lunches, snap, and wic is about 87 billion. People like to complain about some young person getting a break but if its a senior citizen on snap or eating a subsidized lunch at the senior center there is nothing wrong with that..
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:08 PM
 
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WIC support for moms, babies threatened during shutdown - CBS News

This is disturbing. Why are so many people having babies they can't support?
Why, it must be welfare bennies! Or...

A disturbing lack of family planning services, and no easy access to contraceptives.

For example, Europe has much lower teen pregnancy rates (let alone birth rates), and yet they have more generous social services.

These people don't particularly want kids.
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:11 PM
 
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Why, it must be welfare bennies! Or...

A disturbing lack of family planning services, and no easy access to contraceptives.

For example, Europe has much lower teen pregnancy rates (let alone birth rates), and yet they have more generous social services.

These people don't particularly want kids.
Birth control is readily available but they still get pregnant.
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:20 PM
 
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Birth control is readily available but they still get pregnant.
Not everywhere, but it should be free, and as I said, what we really need is extensive family planning services. Europe doesn't have the problems we have with this, and they have much more generous social services.
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:20 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Should we cut out Medicare for people who had poor work records or the only reason they qualified was because they were married to someone who paid into SS? How about foodstamps for seniors and their lunches at the senior center. Should we get rid of those also? I never hear anyone talking about seniors getting benefits they don't deserve.
Yes, they should get rid of all those programs. The government should not be steeling from one party to give it to another.

Seniors have bad their entire life to prepare for old age. Social security should only be for those who paid into it with benifits directly tied to Contrabutions.
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:21 PM
 
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Not everywhere, but it should be free, and as I said, what we really need is extensive family planning services. Europe doesn't have the problems we have with this, and they have much more generous social services.
So is a 1$ condom too expensive that the government should pick up the tab?
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Old 10-03-2013, 02:23 PM
 
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My wife's friend is on WIC.

1) She has an associates degree and is unemployed by choice - husband has a factory floor job
2) She games the system to collect unemployment
3) She calls our governor "Hitler" for passing a law that says "able-bodied" people can't be collecting unemployment for more than 4 years
4) She collects enough handouts that she tries to give us extra breakfast cereal that she purchased with WIC
5) She has 4 kids and is talking about having a 5th kid
6) She considers "Romney evil and voted for Obama


This is our nation's fate, this is our nation's demise.

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Old 10-03-2013, 02:24 PM
 
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WIC support for moms, babies threatened during shutdown - CBS News

This is disturbing. Why are so many people having babies they can't support?
Same reason they always have. Pregnancy happens, birth control fails, don't believe in abortion, circumstances change, people lose jobs, divorce, plain ol' irresponsibility and ignorance.

Of all the things your tax dollars go for WIC is what chaps your butt. WIC vouchers pay for formula and particular foods, its a supplement to help insure proper nutrition for those needing some financial assistance.

I received WIC back in 1980 while I was out of work for obvious reasons (4 weeks paid leave the rest was unpaid) and my husband got a temporary lay off from his job at the time. The formula then was about 8 dollars a can, I think it is over 20 now. I don't think we caused the collapse of the economy and have since paid in way more to the system than we used.

Do you want your $3 back?
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