The way some people
see it, our economy is in ruins because of the hordes of welfare mothers
popping out kids so they can get more money. As though the amount they get
could ever come close to what it costs to feed, clothe and care for a child!

I'm not suggesting they have babies just to get on the proverbial government
teat, but Oklahoma is #1 in the union for teenaged/unwed pregnancies. It
probably really *is* a drain on the economy. If I sound bitter about it, it's
because of a select few girls. The WEP program requires they "work" a few hours
a week (we're talking about 6 hours a week) to get their check.So they send
them to nonprofit org's (that they choose,) and they're really just volunteers
kind of. The ones we get at the shelter have no intention of turning a hand.
They want to stand and yap all day, or play with the animals. We try to "teach"
them good work eithics, but it's a lost cause.
At the shelter we get handicapped adults from the Work Activity Center, inmates
from the Work Release Program, offenders who are serving a Community Service
sentence, the WEP mothers. I'd work with the handicapped adults any day than
the WEP mothers. Or even the inmates.
Sherry