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Originally posted by CamB
What if there are no jobs?
Should all solo parents work?
Does the fraud of some justify tightening or removing programmes to the point of damaging the genuinely needy?
There are people who need welfare. Generally the system tries to target them, and them alone, but there are people who screw the system.
There are also people who defraud companies, or don't pay their taxes (can all those reviling welfare recipients put their hand on their hearts and say they have paid every tax $$$ owed by them - never done a job for cash, never paid cash for a job?).
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Do you need it for a lifetime?
There are jobs to be had as well. Fast food chains now offer well above the minimum wage just to entice decent employees.
Its not a matter of needing welfare but choosing not to help yourself and milking it for a lifetime. There is lack of accountability for mothers squeezing out kids with the state picking up the maternity bill then getting money and aid to raise it.
What sucks is the fact that they have the freedom to do this 7x over without consequence. Each time putting that much more of a strain on the system and diminishing the quality of life for the other siblings.
Watching what happens in the school system is enough to convince me something needs to change. As my son enters middle school they will now seperate the kids based on ability. This is where the kids with horrible home lifes get left behind and its sad. Teachers fought for the first 6 years of their schooling to keep them on par with the rest of the class, even holding back to an extent the rest of the class to keep the slower ones up to speed.
Most of these kids end up graduating high school with a 5th grade education at best. Their last 7 years of school, if they finish, is basically wasting space in a classroom.
Sound mean? Its the truth. A 19 y/o I have working for me described the public high school scene. He was is in a crappy math class. The teacher spends most of his time trying to shut the kids up who couldnt give a crap about being there rather than actually teaching. In some cases as he has attempted to detain unruly 18-20 year olds they shove him out of their way and leave the class.
This problem is complex. A solution? I wish I knew, its a real mess and I am unsure how to fix it. Especially in this era of PC.