05-31-2016, 04:47 AM
This is classic and what happens when you allow... These parents should be prosecuted... it's the politicians... attracting new losers from the mainland... I was raised.. Nobody got free meals at school nor were they needed. all sounds well and good except for the fact that (imo) it doesn't reflect reality and lacks compassion for a rather large problem in our community. Nor does it offer a real solution.
If as you say when you allow generational welfare you're suggesting a situation that would require a lot more than a maximum of 2 years to rectify. You're talking about a lot of education for the generations to come, a lot of jobs for those people as they finish their education. A lot of healthy communities, and all the other social infrastructure that goes into creating a healthy society. And a lot of patience. And most of all none of it, none, need be denied the children for however long it takes.
To say These parents should be prosecuted... and They have a legal obligation to feed their own children.. is wonderful, but if the kids aren't being fed they need to be. And although your stump speech sounds like a bunch of good sound bites, it goes a long way towards missing the point. Children should not go hungry, and if they are it is way beyond their parents responsibility especially when, as you point out, their parents aren't dealing wth it.
At some point the conservative 'we all need to be individually responsible' line breaks down and the more liberal recognition of the need for a greater social umbrella kind of policy just becomes a necessity. But no matter, children should not go hungry, period.
If as you say when you allow generational welfare you're suggesting a situation that would require a lot more than a maximum of 2 years to rectify. You're talking about a lot of education for the generations to come, a lot of jobs for those people as they finish their education. A lot of healthy communities, and all the other social infrastructure that goes into creating a healthy society. And a lot of patience. And most of all none of it, none, need be denied the children for however long it takes.
To say These parents should be prosecuted... and They have a legal obligation to feed their own children.. is wonderful, but if the kids aren't being fed they need to be. And although your stump speech sounds like a bunch of good sound bites, it goes a long way towards missing the point. Children should not go hungry, and if they are it is way beyond their parents responsibility especially when, as you point out, their parents aren't dealing wth it.
At some point the conservative 'we all need to be individually responsible' line breaks down and the more liberal recognition of the need for a greater social umbrella kind of policy just becomes a necessity. But no matter, children should not go hungry, period.