I’m curious to see peoples response to women receiving welfare, food stamps, tnf, wic, medical insurance, public housing assistance and other assistance, to pop out babies and watch TV all day.
I can understand helping out until they can find a job and get on their feet, but to allow these women to continue to have children and not make any attempts at finding a job to support their children and themselves.
There is daycare assistance, therefore it baffles me to hear women in these situations say it is too expensive to work and pay for childcare.
I look forward to reading your responses to this issue.
I would like to add that I am not speaking of all women on welfare, yes there are some who are not able to work due to disability. I am speaking of the women who don’t want to better themselves. I find it hard to believe that most women on welfare were not educated enough to know they could get pregnant – give me a break!! My concern is the women who are getting their rent paid, food stamps, tnaf (money every month), wic, and have no intentions of finding a job. Even if they were to get a low paying job, it could cut down on what they are getting from welfare. When I hear a woman getting defensive it makes me wonder if it’s because SHE is taking advantage of the welfare system. The government provides grants to women for college, the medical field is booming with good paying jobs and in need of medical assistants, nurses assistants and other medical positions. A lot of these certificates can be acquired in 6-8 months and a job would be waiting for them when they finish with school.
I would just like to answer jl_jack09′s question…. Yes I have done much research on this issue. I have actually sat down and spoke with a supervisor at the department of human services to discuss this. He completely agreed with me and confirmed my concerns about many women who take advantage of the welfare system. This has been a great concern for me, not because of what is taken out of my paycheck, but out of concern for the children being raised on welfare and how it will impact their future. Of course I don’t want these children to starve, but these women should not be allowed to continue to have children if they are on welfare. So to answer your question: Hell yeah, I have done quite a bit of research.
