LL> Should welfare recipients be sterilized as a condition to
 LL> remain on welfare?  If so, who would pay for such a
 LL> procedure? Not even insurance companies provide such
 LL> coverage for working folks.  Conservatives seem to like the
 LL> idea, even going so far as to make it a new publicly-funded
 LL> government program ...

 Since those on welfare have tended to be on it for a reasonably
 short time over the last couple decades, and that long predates
 the 1995 welfare deform act, it would be absurd to make such a
 permanent change for a temporary situation.

 OTOH, if you count everyone who get some benefit from the govt,
 then you have a setup for revolution.

 Sterilization has, in the past, been a prescription for those
 not liked by those in power. Let that become law and you can see
 the revolution bloom.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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