Q: Why are politicians so interested in unwed mothers?
A: Because they comprise so much of the welfare and crime portion of society. They want someone to pay for that kid, believing that money will help the problem.
If dad is a deadbeat who doesn’t want to support his own kid, you don’t want him around. Welfare moms figure that out pretty quickly. He’s just an interference. That government check comes a lot more regularly.
Bloomie just has no clue. He only cares because he knows one of these kids could bust his head with a bottle and take his wallet.
. . . and what does that mean about the government check? It means that, to the extent that the guy who becomes a "deadbeat dad" wants a long-term relationship with his girlfriend who becomes the "nondeadbeat mother," the government is a serious competitor. As far as he is concerned, the government is the problem.Let's not be so cavalier about poor men's problems. Because their sons are the next generation of the same syndrome - you cannot actually help a boy by any device which assures that he does not grow up respecting his father.
I know many women who are white, single parent moms doing a darn good job of rearing their child (born out-of-wedlock) and holding a job. They may need help from TANF or food stamps, but they aren't TOO PROUD to accept the help to make a life for their kids. In 99% of these cases they are FAR better off this way, than with the LOW LIFER male who impregnanted them.
As for the government trying to re-connect these people...what an insane idea!
Ok. That is my 2 cents worth, backing up my friends who are making a life for themselves and their unplanned children. Praise the Lord they are not on FR to be insulted by some of the comments here.
Perhaps the LIGHT needs to be shed on the real issue...societal norms that have crashed and burned into moral indecency....look at the cause not the effect.