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The answer is education, nothing more, nothing less. Until we start dumping good money into education, then people will continue to leave school with no skills to take care of themselves. Also, birth control needs to be widely available and accessible. Birth control is not cheap, esp if you are poor. But finally, people need to give up the myth of the welfare queen, noone reproduces for the sole purpose of getting a few extra bucks each month, NOBODY. Some folks on this board need to take some basic sociology classes or some urban politics courses to truly understand a part of American culture that they are so detached from. It's easy to throw stones when you are sitting in your suburban home with a legacy of college education. Get a clue people.
I'm very much to the left on social issues and to the slightly to the right on fiscal issues. Could you elaborate on how this is governmental interference? People on welfare fill out so many forms to prove their worthiness anyway. I don't think I'm being heartless here. My best friend worked as a social worker in the Midwest. I've heard the sob-sad stories from her and the excuses people have invented to create a lifetime of welfare for themselves. I think it's wrong except in the situations I describe above.
PS: I'll edit it to be "crutch" instead.
Sorry to go crazy -- as Dirty Harry said, "No reason for it really." Your plan is actually a really good one, and I'll go edit my post now to acknowledge that I think so.
Right, and another thing: I have the luxury to have a job to be able to afford quality child care. Where on earth will these people leave their kids to work a minimum wage job?? Again, clueless....
Right, and another thing: I have the luxury to have a job to be able to afford quality child care. Where on earth will these people leave their kids to work a minimum wage job?? Again, clueless....
Part of the fallout nobody wants to address.
The problem with most internet forum ideas is that there is no real follow through.
I propose that when women who are on welfare go to pick up their monthly checks, they should be required to receive the depo shot. They would not receive their check until they received the shot. Thus, this keeps their breeding at bay & reduces the need for welfare so all of you out there who complain about it...problem solved. Thoughts?
Depo is not appropriate for everyone. And that's just the first issue of many that I can see with this "solution".
I'm pro-life, but also pro-BC, pro-comprehensive sex ed in schools, and pro-free health care for children.
That's good to hear. I think you may be in the minority though. I'm basing this on of course many of the posts on this forum.
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