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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is entirely a cultural issue.  The left and the right is partly to blame but morality starts in the home NO MATTER HOW POOR OR DISADVANTAGED.  The state can only do so much (whether incarcerating criminals or increasing the help to disadvantaged communities).  Ultimately it is the home where values are inculcated and society’s values reinforced.  This is a difficult conversation but must be had because you basically have to challenge an entire culture.[/quote]

This is absolutely correct, and something nobody wants to talk about.  We've all seen the 18 year old mothers hauling multiple kids through Safeway, yanking on their arms and telling them to "shut the 'F up".  Zero nurturing.  Zero building of vocabulary, reasoning, morality, or empathy.  No father figure, no role models.  By the time those kids are 7-8 years old they are already dead inside.  And then it's a small step to carjacking and murder by the time they are teens. [/quote]

If you have politically palatable solution to this problem, please share it with the rest of us. That alone would render you a great American hero.[/quote]

Politically palatable?  Nope.  But I know that for many years (maybe still) DC effectively incentivized teen pregnancy by doling out family support in proportion to each child that a mother had.  I had a friend who worked with social services.  She said young mothers would TRY to get pregnant again in order to get a bigger check.  It would be nice to see the opposite strategy:  young, disadvantaged people given a financial incentive to stay in school, get training, and NOT have children before the age of 25.  But don't dare suggest something like this in public - you'll be tarred and feathered. [/quote]

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