[econjack]

Change the law so that no welfare is paid out unless the father is living in the home. This might cause the couple to think before they take a roll in the hay.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Change the law so that no welfare is paid out unless the father is living in the home.

Or in jail...well no, that would put is right where we are now.

[hanamizu]

The problem is, and I don’t know any way to fix it, is that the welfare is intended for the child, who had/has no say in his parents staying together. Of course it’s mom who gets the money in her EBT card, not the kid, and she gets to decide how it’s spent.

If there is no welfare, there will be starving kids. As it is, there are hungry kids in spite of Food Stamps, WIC, food banks, free school lunches and ‘backpacks’ to tide them over on weekends and holidays. Expecting parents to actually feed their own kids with the food and cash we give them is obviously a bridge too far in too many cases.

Orphanages?