Welfare should not pay moms for having more babies
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TheRoadDog
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If you choose to have more children after signing onto welfare, that choice is on you. Taxpayers will not be forced to be financially responsible.
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Well unfortunately, yes you will because you can't opt out of paying for it. Hooray for taxes.0
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TheRoadDog wrote: »If you choose to have more children after signing onto welfare, that choice is on you. Taxpayers will not be forced to be financially responsible.
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To play devil's advocate, if said child is born, do you just assume it shouldn't be fed at all? The infant should be punished for the parent's irresponsibility?0
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To play devil's advocate, if said child is born, do you just assume it shouldn't be fed at all? The infant should be punished for the parent's irresponsibility?
No. The child should not be punished. That's the problem. It's unfair and that's how these people work the system. There should be a line drawn somewhere though.
Taxpayers shouldn't be forced to be financially responsible for their own families in addition to families who have never paid into the system.
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It's a valid point, but what's the alternative?TheRoadDog wrote: »To play devil's advocate, if said child is born, do you just assume it shouldn't be fed at all? The infant should be punished for the parent's irresponsibility?
No. The child should not be punished. That's the problem. It's unfair and that's how these people work the system. There should be a line drawn somewhere though.
Taxpayers shouldn't be forced to be financially responsible for their own families in addition to families who have never paid into the system.
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TheRoadDog wrote: »To play devil's advocate, if said child is born, do you just assume it shouldn't be fed at all? The infant should be punished for the parent's irresponsibility?
No. The child should not be punished. That's the problem. It's unfair and that's how these people work the system. There should be a line drawn somewhere though.
Taxpayers shouldn't be forced to be financially responsible for their own families in addition to families who have never paid into the system.
Agreed, and I think 99% of Americans from whatever political stance would agree that there needs to be a change. The hard part is determining how to change it without impacting the children who make up 53% of the "welfare recipients".
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Every subsidy is "welfare" is it not? Heck, even a tax rate cut is counted as an "expenditure". Hulk SMASH!
In before the lock?
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California has a policy that caps or reduces benefits to women who give birth to additional children while already on public assistance, there is currently a legal fight to end the cap, so TheRoadDog's concerns are valid.0
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Here's a thought: How about making the baby daddies responsible for all the babies they father instead of taxpayers and leaving it solely on the mom.0
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I like youIndigoSpider wrote: »Here's a thought: How about making the baby daddies responsible for all the babies they father instead of taxpayers and leaving it solely on the mom.
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It's a valid point, but what's the alternative?TheRoadDog wrote: »To play devil's advocate, if said child is born, do you just assume it shouldn't be fed at all? The infant should be punished for the parent's irresponsibility?
No. The child should not be punished. That's the problem. It's unfair and that's how these people work the system. There should be a line drawn somewhere though.
Taxpayers shouldn't be forced to be financially responsible for their own families in addition to families who have never paid into the system.
Not sure there is an alternative. We will likely provide hand outs until we are unable to and the economy collapses.
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IndigoSpider wrote: »Here's a thought: How about making the baby daddies responsible for all the babies they father instead of taxpayers and leaving it solely on the mom.
Maury Povich needs a job too.
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Wow, this got reported fast.
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Yes, and the oil companies/corporations are our biggest welfare recipient.... yet, let's be pissed off at MOMS!!!!!!!!! 
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