"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>
> 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


You watch who goes in and out of the welfare office? Do you actually know
the rules for recieving welfare? How do you know they're recieving welfare
and not just food stamps?

They reformed the welfare system back in 1996. The rules have changed a
lot.

Ms P