05-07-2011, 09:51 AM
(05-07-2011, 02:39 AM)Adub Wrote: I don't think it is n(ai)ve so much as it is just intentional ignorance. Times have changed. Rec(ei)ving benefits is not all that it used to be, not by a long shot.
In California, a single mom with one child gets about $300/mo cash and $380/mo food. And if you get pregnant and have another kid, then you suck because nothing changes. Your cash aid does not increase with the size of the family. No way can any one in California survive for long on welfare. That is a thing of the past.
But whatever, if it makes one feel superior to put down the less fortunate, then it ain't no skin off of my back.
I just see it for what it is, ignorance. Using the word n(ai)ve is too kind.
Income dependent housing, free medical, help with utilities, shacking up with a dude that works and not reporting it: Or how to survive on welfare for a lifetime.
Don't assume it's ignorance that makes people angry when children are brought into the world in families that cannot/will not support them. That causes kids to be born into environments that are not food secure. Why have a kid if you can't feed them and provide for them? That is the confusing part for me. I AM ignorant as to why anybody with any sense would do that. How unfair is that to a child?