“After 80 years of the same-old-same-old promises to end their poverty, you’d think they’d catch on...guess not.”
Receiving welfare and blaming everyone else for your problems - apparently - is more appealing to them than going to school - working hard at a marriage - and promoting the idea of self reliance.
It is difficult - the men have been taught for years that they are off the hook. That they don’t belong in the home with a wife and children.
They sire children and leave.
It’s very difficult to raise children by yourself, and that’s where the demcrats jump in and say “you don’t need him - you’ve got us!”
Cosby's been pointing out this type of behavior for years. However, the way the welfare system is set up, it makes economic sense for the father not to be present in the home. The end result is that we now have a fifth generation of welfare recipients who know no other way to function.
The solution is workfare, where you must show up at 6:30AM every day and perform those tasks that, as some would have us believe, Americans are loathe to do. After working 40 hours each week cleaning toilets in public buildings or even sweeping the streets, in order to draw your welfare check, perhaps then they might seek a better job, invest in themselves, or at least encourage their kids to do better in school. Perhaps then the $200 sneakers and $400 X-box would take a back seat to some educational products (e.g., books, magazines, etc.) around the house. But, Jesse and Al want to play the victim theme and have us throw more tax dollars at it. Well, after four decades of throwing billions down that sink hole and seeing no improvement, I think another approach (workfare) is warranted.