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Originally posted by Lenny2
For the record Bill Clinton campaigned on welfare reform in 1992....signed it into law, and Kerry voted for it.
2 year cap on benefits, job training programs etc etc.
I find it ironic that the same people who want to take away a 16 year old girl's right to have an abortion are the same people that want to throw her and the newborn baby out on the street because she had to drop out of school to take care of the baby and has no job skills.
If you really want to get people off the dole then let's stop all the corporate welfare and agriculture subsidies that your party votes for every year. (We spend ALOT more money on that than we do on AFDC)
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this is the stance i hate "I find it ironic that the same people who want to take away a 16 year old girl's right to have an abortion are the same people that want to throw her and the newborn baby out on the street because she had to drop out of school to take care of the baby and has no job skills." wheres the accountability of these people and their parents? none. their parents screw up and they destroy their life and im responsable to pick up the tab?
thats why i said i tend to vote republican. i dont agree with all republicans nor vote R everytime. its true clinton took a great step in the right direction, but he's a rare occurrence and the only one democrats can point to when the welfare issue is brought up. what you dont know is there are loopholes that they refuse to fix. 2 year cap doesnt exist, where they can quit the program for 3weeks and rejoin and have a fresh start. they arent allowed to add new children they have while on the program, but again they can quit for 3 weeks and rejoin and add that child. i dont want to take away abortion rights, which again is why i said i TEND to vote republican. maybe instead of providing them with abortions and letting them use a child as an excuse to fail, we should invest in prevention. these people have no accountability when it comes to things of this nature. this is why i dislike labels, where people think if you vote republican that means your a bible thumper who does everything a book writen by man says and agree with everything people in the party you tend to vote with do. it just isnt the case.