On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:27:29 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> I don't know what the solution is. You can't let them starve, but I
> resent having to help support people who will not support themselves and
> those who cannot support themselves and then have more children than
> they cannot afford. I also resent the attempts to insinuate that those
> who point out the obvious are passed off as sexist and racist by
> claiming that most welfare recipients are single white men. The facts do
> not support that. In fact, it is the exact opposite.

white women are the exact opposite?

your pal,
blake