Here's your statistics on births to unwed mothers. 40% . Draw your own conclusions.
And that won't happen until it becomes a little less acceptable for unwed "children" having children. Because currently you can't punish/correct the parent(s) without it punishing the children. The "solutions" are harsh and will never be acceptable- such as saying "sure, you can have welfare, but only if you get forced birth control and we take away the children you already have."
...you can't turn off the money because it will hurt "save the children."...
Yup. And then it'll be the fault of those trying to "fix" the problem, not those causing it. Same old, same old...There's been a plan for that for some time....
Certainly a problem with no easy solution... As much a psychological issue as a financial one when you get right down to it. How do you change the mindset of any group that has been conditioned to "adopt" a "successful" way ofearninggetting enough money to live on with little or no effort? It's that whole "attitude of entitlement" thing... They've learned to think that they 'deserve' it. And we (well, not we personally, but as a society) have done little concrete to disabuse them of the notion.
Not sure if/when it'll happen, but someday the welfare program might bankrupt the providers to the point where it'll have to be discontinued. Can't imagine what'd happen then... Or don't want to imagine it anyway. It wouldn't be good.
(And just to be clear, I'm not picking on unwed mothers or any particular racial group. The issue might be more prevalent is some sections of society, but certainly happens outside those groups as well. I'm an equal opportunity complainer.)
Jamie
There's been a plan for that for some time....
Cloward–Piven strategy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cloward–Piven strategy is a political strategy outlined in 1966 by American sociologists and political activists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven that called for overloading the U.S. public welfare system in order to precipitate a crisis that would lead to a replacement of the welfare system with a national system of "a guaranteed annual income and thusan end to povertydistributing poverty equally to everyone"[/b.
If for some reason you want to read more... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward%E2%80%93Piven_strategy
Is this your 'aha' moment with the twisted 'logic' of the Amerikan left?
Related to my original post.
After a huge brawl last week, the Fox Valley Mall in Aurora (IL) is implementing a new policy banning unescorted teenagers on designated high-traffic days. Mall managers say that on days the Parental Escort Policy is in effect, no one under 18 will be admitted unless accompanied by someone 21 or older.
Each adult must show identification and can supervise up to four young people. The move comes after a brawl on the day after Christmas when some 75 police officers were called to break up a large fight that resulted in eight arrests.
Sorry - got way off topic there...
Though I don't blame the malls for their policies, it's a shame that innocents have to be affected by the actions of the "mob" of miscreants that caused this...
Jamie
Related to my original post.
After a huge brawl last week, the Fox Valley Mall in Aurora (IL) is implementing a new policy banning unescorted teenagers on designated high-traffic days. Mall managers say that on days the Parental Escort Policy is in effect, no one under 18 will be admitted unless accompanied by someone 21 or older.
Each adult must show identification and can supervise up to four young people. The move comes after a brawl on the day after Christmas when some 75 police officers were called to break up a large fight that resulted in eight arrests.
Though I don't blame the malls for their policies, it's a shame that innocents have to be affected by the actions of the "mob" of miscreants that caused this...
I really can't believe you all think that it's the people on welfare that make your taxes "too high"...
The budget is like Thanksgiving dinner. Three HUGE portions of Turkey, Stuffing, and Mashed potatoes, with 3 little peas and 1 slice of carrot.
(Social Security, Military Spending and Medicare/Medicaid being the big three, with everything else being the peas and carrot.)
Exactly why do we need to have a military that we spend more than the next 9 countries combined?
Didn't D.D. Eisenhower really warn us to beware the military/industrial complex in the late 50's? If you aren't going to fight a war to win, why bother being a glorified police force? (we haven't tried to win since 1945)
Social Security was never intended to replace employer defined benefits retirement and personal savings. It was intended to prevent old people from dying in abject poverty. Not as a method used to play for another 30 years. (or in the case of disability insurance, make up for outsourcing, automation, and general unemployment.)
But blaming welfare is myopic and fails to address the real elephants in the room. Just saying...
I really can't believe you all think that it's the people on welfare that make your taxes "too high"...
The budget is like Thanksgiving dinner. Three HUGE portions of Turkey, Stuffing, and Mashed potatoes, with 3 little peas and 1 slice of carrot.
(Social Security, Military Spending and Medicare/Medicaid being the big three, with everything else being the peas and carrot.)
Exactly why do we need to have a military that we spend more than the next 9 countries combined?
Didn't D.D. Eisenhower really warn us to beware the military/industrial complex in the late 50's? If you aren't going to fight a war to win, why bother being a glorified police force? (we haven't tried to win since 1945)
Social Security was never intended to replace employer defined benefits retirement and personal savings. It was intended to prevent old people from dying in abject poverty. Not as a method used to play for another 30 years. (or in the case of disability insurance, make up for outsourcing, automation, and general unemployment.)
But blaming welfare is myopic and fails to address the real elephants in the room. Just saying...