Every day, I hear of local, state and federal governments drowning in deficits and large corporations moving offshore due to burdensome taxes and regulatory costs. In 1965, the poverty level in America represented 12 percent of the population. The "Great Society" was to be the panacea to eradicate poverty once and for all.
Sadly, and between $9 and $12 trillion later, we have the same percentage of people below the poverty level. However, the number of people in poverty is much greater because of the increase in population.
Who are these people?
Many, not all, have two things in common, according to government statistics: They are school dropouts, and they have had at least one, in many cases several, illegitimate children.
If you look at statistics on gangs, child abuse and prison populations, these individuals share the fact that they came from these same single-parent backgrounds.
Liberal politicians, their constituents and liberal judges use these "dependents" to help create government bureaucracies. Please show me in the Constitution where it says irresponsible people have the right to propagate and we, the taxpayers, have the responsibility to pay for them.
We apparently don't have enough of these kinds of people. Now we have to import them from Third World countries so they can help bankrupt our already overtaxed hospitals, schools, jails and prisons.
Having a child out of wedlock that you cannot afford to care for and nurture is child abuse at the highest level. As a society, we cannot afford to tolerate it any longer.
Instead of rewarding irresponsible behavior with government largesse, we need to stop it now.
If you want to continue going down this road to bankruptcy, then keep voting for liberal politicians who don't care about anything except using everyone in the neverending quest for power.
— John R. Hanson, Oak View
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