Sorry to differ with you. I believe in personal responsiblity. I also believe that when it comes to kids and sex, it's not a bad idea to tell them how NOT to get pregnant in case their abstinence pledge fails them.
Agreed!
Unfortunatly, many of the 'personal responsiblity' folks on the right don't want "my tax dollars paying for rubbers".
Better than the government (tax payer) having to foot the bill for a childs care in far too many cases.
many parents today tend to forget that there was a really good chance that THEY themselves couldn't abstain until marriage. Did you local12?
My parents had 'The Talk' with me about sex and advised me of the serious consequence of un-protected sex and that it would behoove me to abstain until marriage. Did I listen? well yes and no, but neither did I produce a child out of wedlock.
What about the middle class college age girl who is kind and sweet and works to help pay for college - but who, in a moment of passion, forgets and has sex with her boyfriend. Now she's pregnant, with no insurance. She goes to the health department...funded by YOUR tax dollars. She sits in the lobby, next to someone who "chose to live off the government tit from cradel to grave"....she looks a LOT like that teat sucker she's sitting next to...how do you determine who gets your tax dollar care?
Thats simple KC, its called responsible management oversight. The government knows who the life long abusers of the system are, yet turn a blind eye. Ive already stated Im all for helping the less fortunate who are unable to contribute, its the free loaders I detest.
Let's send them all back. I'm ready to pay more for my groceries because I understand that you can't expect someone to live on the meager wages that are paid to the illegals. Hell...I know I wouldn't work for that meager amount for that backbreaking kind of work. I also understand that picking those fruits and vegetables is backbreaking work and it's hard to get up each morning, much less having to go to a second job to make ends meet. Let's send them all back and see how many Americans actually flood the migrant worker market.
That arguement does'nt hold water. Who do you suppose picked those crops when your grandparents were kids?
Americans, thats who!
If I understand your logic, we need to keep migrant workers in order to keep wages depressed so you can buy cheap groceries. In the mean time those same migrant workers, most of whom are Illegal living on those meager wages you favor now rely on our government (Tax Payer) for assistance because they can't/don't have health Insurance, adequate housing, etc.. a vast majority don't pay taxes because they have no Legal ID or SS# and many are paid cash sending there money home. please explain to me how this benefits this Nation as a whole.
And before you accuse me of being a liberal teat sucker - back when I was first married in 1980 (Ohio), jobs were pretty darn scarce. I worked in a Goodwill trailer until I could find a better job...and didn't look to the government for help.
I also worked menial jobs while putting myself thru school and never once in my life had to depend on Uncle Sam to feed, clothe, or house me. Ive seen and known people who overcame tremendous odds in order to make something of their lives, I do not and will not accept the fact that we are obligated to support the able bodied in this country when there is every opportunity available for them to work hard and succeed.
