"Tiger Lilly" > wrote in message
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> "white single men"? Good one! er...you WERE kidding, right?
>
> MOST welfare recips are single mothers, most Black, many white.
>
> I have a proposal, too---anybody who wants a Check gets to have three
> years--- FREE child care, gets to attend FREE mandatory classes on
> Parenting, mandatory classes to take the GED exam, further classes on
> some kind of training that will get them a job, from carpentry to
> secretarial work, computers to mechanics, whatever. Free birth control,
> and free abortions BUT for every NEW child, the recip LOSES 100 bucks of
> the Check.
>
> Meantime, the kids who attend the FREE DayCare are taught by teachers
> with advanced degrees who specialize in not only teaching the Three
> R's, but focus on establishing self esteem, creating in each child the
> belief that he/she can accomplish any level of personal acheivement
> through education and hard work.
>
> In other words, we could break the cycle of multi-generational welfare
> recips by creating the NEW generation of kids who grow up knowing they
> deserve and are capable of MUCH more than living in the projects waiting
> for a monthly check.
>
> Yes, it would cost millions---BUT. in ONE generation, we could break the
> "welfare cycle".
>
> TigerLilly


To break the "welfare cycle" you're going to need to do a whole lot more
than that. First the minimum wage will have to go up a whole bunch. Second
you'll have to pay the people who run day care a whole lot more if you
expect them to have master's degrees. Oh wait, that'll affect everyone
won't it.

Nobody gets a monthly check longer than 2 years at a time with a lifetime
max of 5 years. People living in the "projects" get subsidized housing and
food stamps and medical care.

Ms P