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You're thinking about this from the point of view of an UMC white woman.  These are poor teenage girls (of all races) making the decision of whether or not to have kids.

They aren't putting aside money for the future because their basics are covered or saving for college - what teen does that?  They're trying to get as much free stuff as they can and of they have any extra, it's for clubbing/nails/hair.

[b]They aren't realizing that while in the immediate future, they are getting more public assistance when they have more babies, it doesn't 'pay off' in the long run[/b].[/quote]

Not having a baby also doesn't 'pay off' in the long run. A poor teenage girl who doesn't have a baby has the same bad economic outcome as a poor teenage girl who does.

http://www.nber.org/papers/w17965[/quote]

Yes, so then our current system of throwing money at these women is obviously not working out for anyone.

But for the teen girls, who really don't care about the 'long run', the choice to have multiple kids is pretty straightforward, isn't it?[/quote]

Our current system of throwing money at these women is obviously working out for people who, but for food assistance, housing assistance, and healthcare assistance, would go hungry (or hungrier), less adequately housed (or homeless), and sicker.

SNAP isn't there to provide a better economic option for poor teenage girls. It's there to provide food for people who can't afford food. Same with housing assistance (which, again, the majority of poor families don't even get anyway). Same with Medicaid.

As for the long run, please do read the linked paper. http://www.nber.org/papers/w17965 The whole point is that, in the long run, poor girls who don't have multiple kids are no better off than poor girls who do. If they waited until they could afford to have children, they would never have children. So yes, it is a straightforward choice. [/quote]

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