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California bill would start nation’s first diaper assistance program
Sacramento Bee ^
| August 2, 2014
| By Isabelle Taft
Posted on 08/05/2014 4:12:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
It was the last week of the month, and Shanique Brown had already spent her $515 in CalWORKs benefits. Other programs would prevent Brown and her 18-month-old son, Armani, from going hungry, but the 22-year-old single mom had no money for a necessity so basic it is often forgotten: diapers.
I cried and cried, said Brown, now 24.
Armani is now potty-trained, but a new state bill seeks to ensure low-income parents will never face the challenge Brown did. If passed, Assembly Bill 1516 would make California the first state in the country to create a diaper assistance program for families on welfare.
The groundbreaking legislation comes with a price tag: more than $100 million annually.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: diapers; nannystate; socialism; welfare
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
What if Shaniqui can’t afford her legal medical pot?
Shouldn’t the State pay for that as well?
Isn’t her personal happiness and fulfillment worth another State program?
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:17:41 AM PDT
by
LucianOfSamasota
(Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
How about a “Don’t have sex if you can’t afford to buy diapers!” campaign.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:18:04 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Should we buy their crack, meth, cigarettes/e-cigs, malt liquor, grilles, rims and hair weaves, too? BTW, many food banks do have diapers. Perhaps they didn’t have her favorite brand?
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:19:15 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Further evidence that Kalifornia has gone to $hit.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:19:35 AM PDT
by
DAC21
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Cloth diapers and rubber pants arent made anymore?
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:20:44 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: R. Scott
Where is the father of this child? There would not be a problem if she had waited for a with a job to marry her before she had fun in the bedroom.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:24:12 AM PDT
by
Petrosius
To: Tax-chick
That horse left the barn about fifty years ago.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:24:26 AM PDT
by
Catmom
(We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Should we buy their crack, meth, cigarettes/e-cigs, malt liquor, grilles, rims and hair weaves, too? Good God, stop giving them ideas. We're talking about Malifornia here!
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:29:55 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Come on San Andreas Fault. Do it! Do it! Do it!
To: Petrosius
Where is the father of this child? The sperm donor is probably in prison somewhere, but the financial baby-daddy is the State of CA.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:31:15 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The groundbreaking legislation comes with a price tag: more than $100 million annually. Oh, pshaw... that's what productive people are for.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:32:36 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
To: R. Scott
She would complain she couldn’t afford the Tide to wash the diapers. And ooh, it is too gross for the poor girl to wash diapers.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:36:43 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: ScottinVA
If the women let it be known that there would be no sex until the guys became responsible, got a job, and married them then there would not be such a large prison population. All this public support is just enabling irresponsible activity. Read George Gilder's Men and Marriage.
To: ScottinVA
No, the drunken slut got Prego because she wanted attention and to be a victim.
There are women who drink excessively to have brain damaged kids so they'll gain sympathy
from people. It's become an NW American culture.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:41:17 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: dforest
Diaper pail would be health hazard and gov would provide diaper service.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The gross expense for diapers is one of the reasons little kids are beat to death during potty training. I wholeheartedly support diaper ministries. We had one at our church.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:51:10 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: R. Scott
Yes, I did cloth diapers because I was a purist, but the other diapers are far far superior. The cloth was always leaking and my baby and I would get soaked.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:52:37 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Petrosius
The immorality is the fault of those who support being able to bang anybody you want. Those who exalt sex above all else
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:54:12 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Petrosius
If the women let it be known that there would be no sex until the guys became responsible Well.. sure.. but, look at the segment of the population here.
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posted on
08/05/2014 4:55:05 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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