tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10465909.post6694516123703971275..comments2023-12-29T22:29:57.954-06:00Comments on Kate/A/blog: Rant of the Cancan DressesKate-Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300904370192818noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10465909.post-75432663934526120462007-02-28T06:57:00.000-06:002007-02-28T06:57:00.000-06:00abi,It's a hot topic. Those women who need assista...abi,<BR/>It's a hot topic. Those women who need assistance for a short time, use welfare for a short time, but too many have been lifetime and/or generational.<BR/><BR/>Clinton's reform succeeded in forcing women into cheap labor. I see too many though who abuse welfare, with malnourished and unparented children. The saddest part is they're not learning. I am appalled at the illiteracy among Blacks.<BR/><BR/>The one and only time I reported anyone, I was told, in my State, a bag of chips and RC cola is considered okay as a meal. Brain food for the future. <BR/><BR/>Welfare has not helped, but hampered. Welfare and the prison system have enslaved too many Blacks - and it doesn't have to be that way. We enable our own cultural demise. Instead of self-made economic strategies we've entered into corrupting social programs.<BR/><BR/>While I don't like Bill Cosby's comedy, and feel some of his points are puny, he is correct in his rants about parenting and education, or lack of, in the Black community today. I take issue with the fact that for decades he was too busy in the entertainment industry and too PC to offer constructive criticism sooner.<BR/><BR/>I was thinking last night how we look up and point fingers and yell about the corrupt scum running the world - but maybe if we worked on the roots (we the people) the PTB would be unable to do the things they do. If the roots stopped accepting the sleeze entertainment, the fake education, pharmaceutical cure-alls for the mind, enabling welfare system, pointless consumerism, etc....Kate-Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300904370192818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10465909.post-62822176313872176142007-02-27T21:38:00.000-06:002007-02-27T21:38:00.000-06:00When I read the McClatchy article, I was surprised...When I read the McClatchy article, I was surprised it didn't have anything to say about Clinton's welfare "reform," either for or against. Did it help women get off welfare AND get out of poverty, or did it just throw more women (and their children) into deeper poverty?<BR/><BR/>My guess is the latter. I also have to think that for every "Shamika," there are many decent women who, for a variety of reasons, can't get out from under without help.<BR/><BR/>I don't have stats for thinking that. I don't know if there are stats that could reliably settle the matter, one way or the other. <BR/><BR/>But the bottom line for me is the stat that 1 in 3 severely poor people are children under 17. For a wealthy nation like ours to abandon these kids is a crime - even (or especially) if they happen to be Shamika's kids.<BR/><BR/>Still, I always enjoy reading your posts, even when we disagree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com