Of course her Catholic upbringing would never allow her to do that, but just imagine the millions of vulnerable families that are destroyed by thus culture of government "support".
And under ObamaCare the insurance subsidies will be greater for singles, and single parents. Another government program destroying marriage.
“When my aunt lost her job she looked into financial assistance to help with her kids. The social worker told her to get a divorce so she could get additional money for herself. No joke.”
Back in 1984 I was out of work in Michigan and I found work in Florida. My wife and I were on “Government Assistance” for about 18 Months. Once I found work in Florida I went back to Michigan and to get my wife and kids. As part of the process about a week before I was to get there my wife told the Case Worker that I had found work and that we were leaving the “system”. The case worker tried her damndest to convince my wife that I had abandoned her and that they would go after me for child support and that she would be “taken care of” by the state and would not have to worry about food or housing, etc.
Once she told me that I left immediately to get her and the kids and we “left in the middle of the night”. I’m not sure that anything would have happened if we had gone through on our original schedule. But the state was treating us like children and wanted to control everything in our lives. And quite frankly I didn’t want to risk “blowing up” if the case worker just happened to show up while I was packing the U-Haul.
Of course her Catholic upbringing would never allow her to do that, but just imagine the millions of vulnerable families that are destroyed by thus culture of government "support".
Stories such as those of your Aunt need to be spread far and wide. The welfare culture destroys families, and I'm not sure that this is widely known.