Check me if I’m wrong, but Bristol Palin has encountered a bit of criticism. This is one of those phony double-standards. Liberals feel free to criticize Bristol and defend welfare-moms. Why not write about that?
Having spent 20+ years working for the public assistance agency in IL I see one of the big differences in the Bristol Palin situation being that her family and future (if awfully young) husband-to-be and his family will help with the expected child while those of black and Latino children are more-predominantly supported by the rest of the taxpaying citizens of the country. Bristol isn’t likely to apply for public assistance while the prepnderance of those other children are born to too-young mothers (with missing or never-identified fathers) whose mother and nowadays even their grandmothers are already collecting public assistance. The circle remains unbroken as another generation of welfare babies are birthed to children already on the dole.