On 1/28/06, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
The government agency in charge of handing out the welfare could provide child care by putting together the groups, even training some of the mothers in child care. Instead they cut the funding for Head Start and push the women into private (and unaffordable) day care. > 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 ;) Again, you are assuming I meant the women used it as a red herring, when I meant the goverment does. No action is ever taken to address the problem because they can't get over the child care hurdle. Child care is the easy part of the problem. It can be fixe using the mothers themselves as resources. > ::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. No, I'm not. I am saying that the current system is a dismal failure and it is the government's fault. I am also pointing out that there are a lot of people out there who are just plain and lazy and irresponsible, and continuing to give them (our) money is just plain wrong. > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:194933 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
