In article 7>,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> > 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.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright

The welfare system rewards sloth, and fecundity.

It needs a serious overhaul.
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