Saerah Gray wrote:
>
> The thing is, where do you draw the line? If you have a small child,
> and are on welfare, and cannot support yourself on the minimum wage
> jobs available to you, and certainly would not be able to afford
> childcare even if you could afford shelter and food and clothing,
> what the hell are you supposed to do?

Personally, I think the government should provide free child care in cases
like this. Ultimately, it would probably be a cheaper solution than
welfare. There would be no excuse for parents to stay at home unless they
had a disability preventing them from working. It would have to be a
heavily monitored program, but this would mean employment of child care
workers, pre-school teachers, social workers, psychologists - most of, if
not all, would have to have a college degree. Folks going to school would
help the economy. Providing jobs would stimulate the economy. Facilities
would have to be built, giving jobs back to unemployed construction workers.

I don't know. It's something I've been thinking about for a few years. I
know so many single moms who had to stay at home and go on welfare because
they didn't have family around to watch the children and they couldn't
afford the $400 a week for child care. So, they got HUD housing, food
stamps, welfare and free medical and were able to sustain themselves.

Anyway, I'll continue lurking in this thread now. :~)

kili