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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: upanddown who wrote (525394)	1/17/2004 12:56:24 AM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Maybe tomorrow I will post to you, I only wish to deal with one idiot at a time.

To: upanddown who wrote (525394)	1/17/2004 1:02:00 AM
From: geode00	Respond to of 769667

It is noted that single mothers fall onto the welfare rolls largely because the fathers, well, leave them. If the fathers would be responsible for the families they father, then there wouldn't be such a burden on mothers. It would also help to have two other things available: jobs and day care. "A new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities casts doubt on the common assumption that as families move from welfare to work, their increased earnings automatically translate into reduced poverty. In the late 1990s, the study shows, families headed by working single mothers experienced rising earnings due to the strong economy, work supports like the Earned Income Tax Credit and child care, and a reformed welfare system. Yet these increased earnings were fully offset by a decline in the benefits that government safety net programs provide, leaving these families no better off as a group and pushing those who remained poor deeper into poverty.... Since families headed by single mothers made up the vast majority of welfare recipients prior to the 1996 welfare reform law, and since one of the core beliefs behind that law was that moving single mothers from welfare to work was the best way to improve their economic status, it is critical that we understand how those mothers who went to work are faring." The poverty rate among working single-mother families failed to decline between 1995 and 1999, the Center's report found. The poverty rate among people in these families, after government benefits and taxes are taken into account, was 19.4 percent in 1999, about the same level as in 1995, when it stood at 19.2 percent. Among other families with children, by contrast, the poverty rate dropped during this period.... Poor Working Single-Mother Families Became Poorer in Late 1990s..." cbpp.org Although I believe people oppose choice for any number of reasons, I think that some of them oppose it simply to feel morally superior to others without working too hard.