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[quote=Anonymous]A woman I know from my high school days has suggested that welfare mothers (her words not mine as far as only mothers being on welfare) be given EXTRA benefits for their kids being on the honor roll. Her idea is that since it is a fact that some recipients of welfare are not as involved in their children's education, making sure that they excel, maybe an extra monetary incentive will help the parent become more involved, and end the cycle of failure and poverty amongst children whose parents were welfare recipients...

So to that I stated my OPINION that it was absolutely ludicrous to pay a welfare recipient even MORE money than they are already getting, just for doing what a parent is SUPPOSED to do in the first place. The idea is to get off of welfare, not perpetuate it with "incentives." She went on to call me selfish and say that she thought that I, as a black woman, would feel differently. WTF does race have to do with any of that?

Do you all think that my opinion is selfish?[/quote]

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