So two people decide to have a kid and you expect the government to pay the cost until the kid is in grade school.. about 5 years, while Mom stays home and " baby Daddy" is nowhere to be found. You want the taxpayers to pick up this cost?

Is that it?

So two people decide to have a kid and you expect the government to pay the cost until the kid is in grade school.. about 5 years, while Mom stays home and " baby Daddy" is nowhere to be found. You want the taxpayers to pick up this cost?

Is that it?

what if EVERYBODY worked around the clock and let someone else supervise and raise their kids their whole life?

the list of what ifs can go both ways.

but its not likely many would decide to 'sit home and wait on a check' that affords them a whopping buck fifty per meal and buck fifty for everything else they may need outside of a meal, live in crime infested neighborhoods with their kids, and have people constantly making assumptions about their character and looking down on them for their need.

its not living a life of riley, regardless of how many who have NEVER used or needed it may say so.

Students are given funding to help them study .. then when they are working they pay it back .. perhaps the government can introduce a similar scheme . Once the children are schoolage.. the parent works and starts paying back the government assistance . It is far too easy to have children and get a benefit .. that needs to change . If there was no government assistance what would they do ?? Rely on family or friends for support ??? Use contraception ?? I don't know .. but would be interesting to see

Students are given funding to help them study .. then when they are working they pay it back .. perhaps the government can introduce a similar scheme . Once the children are schoolage.. the parent works and starts paying back the government assistance . It is far too easy to have children and get a benefit .. that needs to change . If there was no government assistance what would they do ?? Rely on family or friends for support ??? Use contraception ?? I don't know .. but would be interesting to see

So you are saying the responsibility of kids should be forced on people who don't want them. Even though the kids own parents aren't taking responsibility.

who works around the clock except for fireman/women and they do shift work .

Your excuses and spin are just that, and this crap about not everyone lives the life of Riley? you think?

Let me guess you dont think its fair that athletes make the money they make, or musicians and recording artists like lady gaga make the kind of money they do or Hollywood A listers?

Guess what?

Life isn't fair, while we may never be paid millions and millions of dollars for acting , singing, dancing,being a all star professional athlete we can with the proper training, skill, dedication make a pretty damn good living.

If those that chose to have kids out of wedlock, with no skills , lack of formal education and no prospects and expects the state to take care of them is not only wrong but B.S.

Making excuses for these losers only proves that the left has ruined your country and my country

I think this is a good idea and would be a step in the right direction of welfare reform.

die gracefully, or do what was necessary to feed their kids ... rob, steal, cheat .... jobs take a while to ascertain in highly competitive times, each day passing to wait on a response is a day kids STILL would need food, each day waiting for that first check, kids would STILL need shelter. Not everyone has the privilege of family in a position to help with these things ...

Id love to see WAGES meet the local costs of living. Id love to see affordable childcare for those raising kids ALONE. Id love to see incentives to renters for reduced costs based in income available. I believe ALL these things would tackle some of the big concerns many struggling single parents have.

YEP, thats how a civilized society works. the Citizens are FORCED to take responsibility for things they will never ALL want, whether its highways and roads, or FEEDING the NATIONS CHILDREN.

melodramatic !!! I do not believe they would die .. why should a family say no to supporting heir own blood but the government has to say yes . It would certainly be a great form of contraception .. relying on family

The mom was living somewhere when she got pregnant. These men who keep coming by and donating sperm could pitch in as well.

So you are saying the responsibility of kids should be forced on people who don't want them. Even though the kids own parents aren't taking responsibility.

The mom was living somewhere when she got pregnant. These men who keep coming by and donating sperm could pitch in as well.

Im sure the mom would agree, but if they arent ....