Hello John,   
      
    LL>> Should welfare recipients be sterilized as a condition to   
    LL>> remain on welfare?   
      
    JM> No;   
      
   David Duke thought it was good idea.  Many other Americans agreed   
   with him, electing him (as a Republican) to Congress.  He then went   
   on to make the runoff for governor of Louisiana, but was easily   
   defeated by (Democrat) Edwin Edwards, who made race and welfare a   
   major part of his campaign.  :)   
      
    JM> But They should not be given one more penny IF they have a child AFTER   
   they   
    JM> are already on welfare.   
      
   I don't see why not.  By refusing to help mothers, society would be   
   punishing the children.  And that would hardly be sporting for a society   
   that claims to be fair ...   
      
    JM> If you can't support a kid  on your own (or with a partner), don't have   
   one   
    JM> and expect society to pay for it.   
      
   Society cannot legislate morality.  Nor should it even try.  People   
   will continue doing whatever people want to do, regardless of what   
   others might think or want them to do.  Your set of values may be far   
   different from somebody else's set of values.  But does that make   
   your set of values any better than theirs, or theirs any better than   
   yours?   
      
   We are an immigrant peoples, coming from many lands.  Different   
   cultures, races, ethnicities, you name it.  This land of ours is   
   not a one-size-fits-all.  What is acceptable in one culture might   
   not be acceptable in another culture.  But society and culture   
   are two different things.   
      
   Every country in the world has some form of welfare.  Bill Clinton   
   was right when he said we should not end welfare, but fix it.  The   
   problem is, his solution was too shortsighted, along with those in   
   Congress.  What we needed to do was expand what we had rather than   
   gut it.   
      
   Women will continue to get pregnant and make babies for as long   
   as women are in this world.  And one of these days medical science   
   is going to find a way for men to do the same.   
      
   If we refuse to give women what they want, there will be riots   
   in America.  And that would not be good for you, or me, or anybody   
   else.  Well, except maybe for those who are rioting ...   
      
   --Lee   
      
   --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb   
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