In article >,
says...
> In article 7>,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
> > > In other words...... your claim that most welfare recipients are
> > > actually single white males is absolutely false.
> > >
> > > http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/myths.html
> > >
> >
> > Whatever... Maybe it's time we imposed penalties on adult welfare
> > recipients and limited the number of children a welfare recipient could
> > have to 1, also limiting the benefits they could receive. What you can't
> > afford to have, you shouldn't have. It's no wonder there are so many
> > children on the welfare rolls. One of the things that irritates me most is
> > seeing an indigent family or single mother marching into the welfare office
> > with 8 kids in tow, because most of these people are unemployed by choice
> > or lack of even the most rudimentary skills, and have no desire to work.
> > With our present system they know they don't have to, yet they keep popping
> > out kids like it ws a hobby, and they know they'll receive additional
> > benefits for each child they have.
> >
> > There are some who are making every effort to pull themselves up by their
> > bootstraps and to work or actively seek employment. Unfortunately, they
> > seem to be in the vast minority.
> >
> > --
> > Wayne Boatwright
>
> The welfare system rewards sloth, and fecundity.
>
> It needs a serious overhaul.
>

So tell me since you're the expert, what reforms would you make to the
welfare system?