On Mon 15 Sep 2008 05:49:56a, kilikini told us...

> 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.

Well thought out, Kili!

> 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
>
>
>



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