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Originally Posted by Greg700
I don't believe they will simply stop having kids. Rather, I believe Malthus was right, and if you provide support to people who are struggling, they will just have more struggling children for you to support, and those children will grow up and continue to contribute ad-nauseum to the welfare state you have just created.
The world isn't a nice place, and bad things happen. I want to be left alone to put MY MONEY towards keeping bad things from happening to me, not to help someone who won't help themselves, or their crotch fruit.
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Baraka explained it well.
This further explains some of the welfare myths...it is from before the '98 welfare reform that included tougher work requirements and benefit limits (# of yrs) that make these myths even less prevalent.
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Myth: A Huge Chunk of My Tax Dollars Supports Welfare Recipients
Fact: Welfare Costs 1 Percent of the Federal Budget
Myth: People on Welfare Become Permanently Dependent on the Support
Fact: Movement off Welfare Rolls Is Frequent
Myth: Welfare Encourages Out-of- Wedlock Births and Large Families
Fact: The Average Welfare Family Is No Bigger Than the Average Nonwelfare Family
Welfare to Work: Myths
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Its time we stop with the myths.