[wludavid]

It's very easy to say, "unwed mothers who sit at home waiting for welfare checks are the problem" because it's true. I don't think anyone can really argue that they're not a drain on society. More to the point, it's a self-feeding loop because the children grow up not knowing how to pull themselves out. Do you think they read the papers (even the liberal media that sympathizes so much)? Of course not.

It's much harder to talk about solutions. "Take personal responsibility" as advice is about on par with the "find another planet" if we just learned that an asteroid was heading toward this one. We (and they) just don't know how to do it.

How about this then: we require that real sex ed be taught in schools - condoms, birth control, the works. Not of this 'abstinence-only' BS. Oh wait, who's holding that up? It's not that party that sits on the left of the aisle. How about requiring depo-provera or some other foolproof birth control device for all girls receiving welfare benefits starting when the turn 10 until they turn 18. Don't think that one would get past the theocrats in office either. I wouldn't mind BC used for certain women over 18 either, but I don't think anyone in power would like this one.

Poverty is a big problem. And it's not news that it affects black people more than white people. But we need to talk about solutions, not just about who's causing the problems if we actually want to fix things.