Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 14 Sep 2008 06:10:38a, Dave Smith told us...
>
>> Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>> First, nigs on welfare. Because
>>>> these women can't seem to understand the concept of using birth
>>>> control and because they appear all to eager to spread their legs to
>>>> any Tom, Dick or Tyrone, our government is left footing the bill for
>>>> the resulting future car thieves. A solution? Cut off all benefits
>>>> after 1 year. Educate the ones who want it so they can find a real job
>>>> and above all, keep up with current affairs in our nation's welfare
>>>> program. There is no shortage of liberal ass polyps in suits out there
>>>> lobbying for even more rights for these lazy sloths.
>>> Contrary to your portrayal, most welfare recipients are actually single
>>> white men. What would you suggest we do with them?
>> This is not the first time I have seen someone make the claim that the
>> most welfare recipients are white men. there by invalidating the common
>> sense and anecdotal observation on the gender and race of welfare
>> recipients as factually inaccurate and therefore false and racist.
>>
>> Many of them are neither men nor women. They are children. Five
>> million of the 14 million people on welfare in the US are children. Of
>> the adults, 38% are white, outnumbering African Americans who account
>> for 37%. Technically there is a greater percentage of blacks on welfare
>> than whites....1% more, but blacks make up only 12% of the population.
>> Of the adults on welfare, 90% of them are women.
>>
>> In other words...... your claim that most welfare recipients are
>> actually single white males is absolutely false.
>>
>> http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/myths.html
>>
>
> 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.