Because to the extent that that teen mother gives the slightest damn about that child she is still doing better for it than a bureaucracy will. To the extent that she can imagine a better future for herself, it is generally cheaper to provide moderate amounts of carefully targetted assistance to help her make it happen than it is to let that family go into financial free fall.
That's why. If neither of those things are true then perhaps the child is better off elsewhere and the mother should be allowed to hit bottom if she insists. But we are still parsing stereotypes that for the most part are not valid. I haven't looked this up in about six or seven years, but at time the average recipient of ADFC was white, divorced and in her thirties, lived in Ohio or Kentucky, and had a court order for child support that nobody could be bothered to enforce. ::shrug:: sorry to bring facts to a finger-pointing party. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why "a majority"? Why should there be _any_? > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > well, Gruss wants facts so let's start here. Can you demonstrate to my > > satisfaction that a majority of those using social programs are > > "irresponsible teens"? > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I agree, but if our tax dollars are going to be given to someone, > maybe > > > its > > > > not too much to ask that they don't do drugs, or engage in other > > illegal > > > > activity. > > > > > > That's the least an irresponsible teen's mommy and daddy would want, > > > even though the government shouldn't be that teen's mommy and daddy. > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
