Reply #9: Good Intentions...unintended results

[onpatrol98]

"It kept couples apart"

I do wonder if our family structures would have looked much different today had it not been for the insistence that a man NOT be in the home in order for the mother and children to receive assistance years ago. I think that policy has been detrimental and has been one factor among many that helped destroy some communities.

"and in too many cases, made welfare a permanent way of life"

I know people like this. Where mom, daughter, and granddaughter are all receiving a myriad collection of assistance. I would prefer to think that they are the exception and not the rule. But, they know the ends and outs of every program so thoroughly that they essentially pay for very little out of pocket. They receive subsidized housing, utilities, food, free phone (that one surprised me), childcare, travel for health care. I mean they have really educated me. But, it just seems a desperate way to live.

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