To: Tax-chick
Social stigma or nothing, I don't look to government for answers. The consequences should be social and individual, not governmental.
I think if we could just get government to stop rewarding immoral and incompetent behavior through welfare, that would go a long way.
As you pointed out, social stigma is one thing, cant pay the rent is another.
:)
58 posted on
09/17/2010 4:57:37 PM PDT by
allmendream
(Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
To: allmendream
I think if we could just get government to stop rewarding immoral and incompetent behavior through welfare, that would go a long way.Okay, you've persuaded me ;-). Since the imposition of costs would fall on more than just the male and female involved - people such as her parents - that would go a long way toward rebuilding a social consensus against promiscuity.
61 posted on
09/17/2010 5:20:11 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
("A little plain food, and a philosophic temperament, are the only necessities of life."~W. Churchill)
To: allmendream; Tax-chick
No fault divorce is involved, too. Used to be that the one who cheated in a divorce was responsible and did not get rewarded financially, or had to pay, or whatever.
Adultery used to be considered a Bad Thing.
62 posted on
09/17/2010 5:29:01 PM PDT by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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