they could huh ;) You assume that ten such women know each other. Exactly how flexible do you think they should be? Drunken eighbors, abusive ex-husbands, street people? How about all those unemployed people in the mental health wards?
If you thought child care was a red herring, you did not research the matter. In 1992, licensed child care for a newborn was $250 a week in Montgomery County MD. I'm sure it's more now. That's assuming the child care is even available -- I can assure you that there is often a waiting list and availability of child care was a major major issue for me at the time and caused me to lose more than one job. And I was somewhat better off than our hypothetical mother, as I wasn't trying to get off welfare ;) By the way, TANF at the same period on the order of $373 a MONTH, this in an area where a one-bedroom apartment in a bad neighborhood was running $450 a month and up. Daycare subsidies were available to some extent, but you could only apply during business hours. ::shrug:: Sorry. I often agree with you, but on this child care issue you are plain wrong. You're just talking another anecdotal version of Plucky Person Pulls Self Up by Bootstraps. I do agree however that the current system could stand a great deal of improvement. Dana >You can always find child care if you are flexiable in your >arrangements, and almost all the colleges and training centers have >some form of day care. I've always felt that lack of child care is a >red herring in the welfare debate. > >If nothing else, they could form groups of 10 moms, 9 of whom work or >train and the 10th takes care of the children. > >On 1/28/06, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194927 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
