>>
>> Perceptive.  The Welfare State has become a mess up here.  Years ago
>> when we had one of our girls in the ER of the local hospital two teen
 Rc> age
>> girls were talking together.  One said: "As soon as I'm fifteen I'm
 Rc> going to
>> get pregnant.  Then Family Services will give me an apartment and a
>> living allowance."
>>
>> I think that most government initiatives eventually make things
>> worse rather than better.

 Rc> True.  But I think the thesis of this particular article is
 Rc> dangerously wrong:

 The problem here is in considering anectdotal evidence as
 definitive. Overall govt initiatives have done a great deal of
 good in this country. From civil rights to reducing
 malnutrition. Any girl who wants to get pregnant to get an
 apartement and a living allowance has another problem no one is
 looking at.

 Welfare was always a temporary condition for the great majority
 of recipients. Focusing on the failures would lead to the
 denial of help to those who truly were helped.
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 Rc> flesh and spirit (of spirit through flesh).  And "perhaps
 Rc> share in the responsibility of raising children" is wrong
 Rc> too: the bearing and raising of children, as new members of
 Rc> the communion, is a natural end of marriage, its perfection
 Rc> and fulfillment.  It cannot be considered optional.

 As much as I agree with that to a great extent, I also must say
 there are those who should not have children, though they may
 well desire a partner to get through life with.

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