Wayne Boatwright > fnord
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> 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.
>

Most adults on AFDC only have one or two children.

> 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.
>

When welfare gives you a higher net income, why work a minimum wage job?


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