Comments on: The state of welfare in America http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/the-state-of-welfare-in-america Engaging the culture by challenging the status quo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Willett Skinner http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/the-state-of-welfare-in-america/comment-page-1#comment-20163 Willett Skinner Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:09:00 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/?p=1607#comment-20163 I really enjoyed reading your comment. It really relates to my latest paper that I'm researching on "Generational Welfare". I especially agree with your statement that "policy makers refusing to subsidize the broken family...". I live in California, and work for the Dept. of Human Services. I disagree with the way we run our welfare programs. Our parents are allowed to not participate in the CalWorks program, and we do sanction them but continue to aid the children. Our parents use up their 5 years on Cash Aid, but then we continue to aid the "five children with different daddies" that seem never to be pursued for child support. I'm researching now exactly how much California has spent so far on our welfare programs over the past twenty years, and I'm sure the findings are going to blow my mind. It seems that we are rewarding negative behavior. I really enjoyed reading your comment. It really relates to my latest paper that I’m researching on “Generational Welfare”. I especially agree with your statement that “policy makers refusing to subsidize the broken family…”. I live in California, and work for the Dept. of Human Services. I disagree with the way we run our welfare programs. Our parents are allowed to not participate in the CalWorks program, and we do sanction them but continue to aid the children. Our parents use up their 5 years on Cash Aid, but then we continue to aid the “five children with different daddies” that seem never to be pursued for child support. I’m researching now exactly how much California has spent so far on our welfare programs over the past twenty years, and I’m sure the findings are going to blow my mind. It seems that we are rewarding negative behavior.

]]> By: Willett Skinner http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/the-state-of-welfare-in-america/comment-page-1#comment-20164 Willett Skinner Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:09:00 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/?p=1607#comment-20164 I really enjoyed reading your comment. It really relates to my latest paper that I'm researching on "Generational Welfare". I especially agree with your statement that "policy makers refusing to subsidize the broken family...". I live in California, and work for the Dept. of Human Services. I disagree with the way we run our welfare programs. Our parents are allowed to not participate in the CalWorks program, and we do sanction them but continue to aid the children. Our parents use up their 5 years on Cash Aid, but then we continue to aid the "five children with different daddies" that seem never to be pursued for child support. I'm researching now exactly how much California has spent so far on our welfare programs over the past twenty years, and I'm sure the findings are going to blow my mind. It seems that we are rewarding negative behavior. I really enjoyed reading your comment. It really relates to my latest paper that I’m researching on “Generational Welfare”. I especially agree with your statement that “policy makers refusing to subsidize the broken family…”. I live in California, and work for the Dept. of Human Services. I disagree with the way we run our welfare programs. Our parents are allowed to not participate in the CalWorks program, and we do sanction them but continue to aid the children. Our parents use up their 5 years on Cash Aid, but then we continue to aid the “five children with different daddies” that seem never to be pursued for child support. I’m researching now exactly how much California has spent so far on our welfare programs over the past twenty years, and I’m sure the findings are going to blow my mind. It seems that we are rewarding negative behavior.

]]> By: Mr. X http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/the-state-of-welfare-in-america/comment-page-1#comment-12018 Mr. X Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:47:34 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/?p=1607#comment-12018 When I was a kid, I was lucky: I had two parents, a father as a role model, I was taught right from wrong, and most importantly: I was instilled with the conviction that if I wanted to accomplish something difficult in life, whether it be a career goal, personal achievement or academic benchmark, or even if I wanted to be an astronaut or President of the United States, it was fully within my grasp, but it required hard work and relentless dedication. These necessary values, that do not necessarily come naturally, must be inculcated in childern at an early age. This and not economic disparity at birth, is what truly divides the successful from the mediocore that so plagues the majority of the African American community. I do not say black community, because in my city that are scores of successful African immigrants that achieve more in 3 years in terms of social and economic success than 3 generations of African Americans reliant on the nanny-welfare state to support their lack luster and meaingless lifestyle of hand outs at the expense of forward progress. Until the cycle is broken by hard choices which will involve policy makers refusing to subsidize the broken family model inherent in the African American community, welfare zombies will continue to grow and multiply whilist continuing to add no net value to community and produce off spring that do the same. The welfare state and mind set like a cave man being frozen in a block ice: progress is impossible. This is why intact immigrant families do so well in America (Indians, Asians, etc) and the welfare families get left far behind in every pursuit in life. If welfare women knew they would get no help from the state for their multiple fathered babies and had to earn and pay their own way, this behavior would stop. If more African American men were born into functional two parent households like the one I did, the black community would thrive in 2 generations. Someday maybe! When I was a kid, I was lucky: I had two parents, a father as a role model, I was taught right from wrong, and most importantly: I was instilled with the conviction that if I wanted to accomplish something difficult in life, whether it be a career goal, personal achievement or academic benchmark, or even if I wanted to be an astronaut or President of the United States, it was fully within my grasp, but it required hard work and relentless dedication. These necessary values, that do not necessarily come naturally, must be inculcated in childern at an early age. This and not economic disparity at birth, is what truly divides the successful from the mediocore that so plagues the majority of the African American community. I do not say black community, because in my city that are scores of successful African immigrants that achieve more in 3 years in terms of social and economic success than 3 generations of African Americans reliant on the nanny-welfare state to support their lack luster and meaingless lifestyle of hand outs at the expense of forward progress. Until the cycle is broken by hard choices which will involve policy makers refusing to subsidize the broken family model inherent in the African American community, welfare zombies will continue to grow and multiply whilist continuing to add no net value to community and produce off spring that do the same. The welfare state and mind set like a cave man being frozen in a block ice: progress is impossible. This is why intact immigrant families do so well in America (Indians, Asians, etc) and the welfare families get left far behind in every pursuit in life. If welfare women knew they would get no help from the state for their multiple fathered babies and had to earn and pay their own way, this behavior would stop. If more African American men were born into functional two parent households like the one I did, the black community would thrive in 2 generations. Someday maybe!

]]> By: james palmer http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/the-state-of-welfare-in-america/comment-page-1#comment-2007 james palmer Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:27:48 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/?p=1607#comment-2007 The noble decent actio for poor people to take would be to limit the number of children that they have thereby, they would reduce future suffering. The noble decent actio for poor people to take would be to limit the number of children that they have thereby, they would reduce future suffering.

]]> By: Sally http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/the-state-of-welfare-in-america/comment-page-1#comment-2006 Sally Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:58:23 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/?p=1607#comment-2006 this site really tells you what is what and lets us know about what is happening in america!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go BLACK PEOPLE this site really tells you what is what and lets us know about what is happening in america!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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