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Originally Posted by Sly
I certainly understand your frustration. Every tax payer shares the same frustration when they hear about tax money going somewhere that they don't agree with. The fact is, you are never going to agree with every location that tax money is spent. Wanting to decide who can and cannot have children because of one thing or another is a very, very slippery slope.
How exactly do you determine something like that? Can you imagine the people getting caught up in red tape? More bureaucracy doesn't seem like the answer.
For the situation you speak of, possibly something like term limits or educational requirements or job requirements or something like that would be an answer. It's tough. Generations built on getting "free money" while regular Joe's that work hard and pay taxes have a difficult time paying for their insurance... definitely something wrong with that.
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I agree. Everyone has some pet peeve about where and how tax money is spent and anytime you start messing with deciding who should be allowed to do what it can be a slippery slope.
To me the welfare thing is pretty simple. I understand that shit happens and guys are assholes and leave girls after they get them pregnant or walk out on their families and the women need some help and welfare can provide that help, but I think it should be kind of like unemployment where it is a temporary fix. What I think should happen is p this: If you are on welfare you should be required to be on birth control. You get the shot of the implant (no pills or patches because you could skip or miss them) No proof from the doc that you are on birth control, no check. You can feel free to have as many kids as you want, when you get off of welfare. I also think there should be a max amount of time you should be allowed to be on welfare and that if you are on it you should be required to be getting some kind of job training/education. I think people would rather pay for someone to go to a couple of years of college or a trade school and learn to do something while on on welfare then get a good job and make something of themselves and provide a good life for the kid, than just let the mom collect checks for 18 years and watch TV all day long.