It's our fault for not voting.Quote from nutmeg:
Some of these kids have fathers with decent jobs, but choose not to marry the mom so that she is a "single mom", get more welfare help that way.
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Funny how that happened. The 'welfare" benefits for the mother are greater than the income a father could earn. We have a disconnect between breadwinner getting a good paying job and the gov't benefits. In the meantime, we kicked dad out of the house.
We have even go so far as to disincentivize the mother from going to work, even part time. it is not worth it.
Hmnnn. Probably should calculate various social aid programs for a family and see what this comes out to in dollars per hour.
If you consider, food stamps, energy help, housing vouchers, health care, health care is free to mothers and children (at least in NY). Who knows, these benefits might add up to 10 - 15 dollars an hour if you had to get a job.
Now if you had to replace these free benes, you might have to make 20 bucks an hour to net an extra 50 dollars a week after taxes (now is that worth it?). Where's that job at? Not anywhere I know for no skills or poor skills.
VOTE! Get off your butt and VOTE!