I may be prejudiced, but if there is one class of people I can't stand it's welfare moms. I'm not talking about some woman who for some unforeseen circumstance or tragedy finds herself in need of temporary assistance and then gets back up on her feet. I'm referring to the serial mom, the woman who has babies every few years so that she doesn't have to work. A woman who sits on welfare and does nothing to provide for her children and depends on the state year after year after year. They are an insult to every hard-working mother (single or married) and set a bad example for their children - especially their daughters. How will children learn to be successful in life if they don't see their Mom struggle? They are an insult to everything that women's rights advocates fought so hard for.
That being said, it brings me to the topic of today's post. In today's newspaper, a woman who has a disability and is on welfare is whining that due to government cutbacks, she can't afford to send her child to camp. Here's the story: http://www.vancouversun.com/Life/Disabled+welfare+kids+miss+summer+camp+after+funds+froze/1710609/story.html It was news to me that my hard-earned tax money even went to send kids to camps. Um, when did that happen? What government bureacrats decided that welfare recipents deserved this?
Though I feel some sympathy regarding this woman's disability (which went unnamed) I am disgusted at this woman who is living off the system is whining because the system isn't giving her more. When did summer camp become a right? It's not. It's a priviledge. If you look at the posts regarding this article on the Vancouver Sun website, you will see that other people have posted similar things: that they work full-time and can't afford to send their children to camp, etc.
Tax money should NOT be spent on sending children to summer camps. Period. Now, I'm not going to say that the government couldn't cut back on spending in another area in order to afford to do such things. I'm saying that that taxpayers should not be forced at threat of tax evasion charges to give their money to the government to send children to camp. There are charities like Tim Hortons who run camps and have an annual "send a kid to camp day" fundraiser where people can donate if they choose to do so. I've said it before and I'll say it again: government needs to stay out of things like this and focus on what they are supposed to do, which is protecting our rights.
With the welfare state that's been created since the Great Depression, people on welfare lose their motivation to work. Now, I'm not advocating completly eliminating a social safety net, but when someone has things constantly handed to them, they lose their pride and motivation to work. And that's bad.
The other thing that bothers me is the woman said she hasn't told the child yet, yet somehow this was plastered all over the front pages of the Vancouver Sun and their website - complete with photos of the child. How could someone humiliate their child like this? She claims to have always been honest with the child, yet some press photographer comes to the house to take the child's picture and the child isn't told why? Something doesn't sit right with me on that one.
I'm sorry madame. If you want your child to go to camp - and things like that - you need to work for it. With a recession still on, there are countless thousands of families who can't afford things for their families - and I'm not talking "fluffy" things like camp. I'm talking about the necessities of life. If you don't like the government rules that dictate how much money you will receive in welfare payments, then you need to stand on your own feet. It may sound harsh, but that's real life. If at all possible, you need to find some form of employment. Even if the only reasons are that you want to be a good example to your daughter and that you have some pride left in yourself. It may already be too late for your daughter, as she's already been socialized to think that moms don't work and that staying on welfare is normal. I hope that's not the case.
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