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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't let the kid "die in the gutter".

You take it away.[/quote]
I wish. There are thousands of responsible, self-sufficient couples who would die for the chance to adopt a needy child. I wish we COULD remove children from irresponsible parents who can't take care of them. But unless the poor parents are outright abusive, we can't. Unfortunately. [/quote]

This is...not true. There are thousands of kids in foster care available for adoption.[/quote]

Everyone wants a healthy white infant. Not exposed to drugs in utero.  No disabilities. Nobody want a disabled kid, or a crack baby or a meth baby or a screwed up minority 10 year old. And most kids who are fostered are nit healthynwhote babies. In fact, they are the kids who need CHIP. [/quote]

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/children-ohio-opioid-epidemic/

[i]Largely because of the opioid epidemic, there were 30,000 more children in foster care in 2015 than there were in 2012...In Texas, Florida, Oregon, and elsewhere, kids have been forced to sleep in state buildings because there were no foster homes available...[b]Federal child welfare money has been dwindling for years, leaving state and local funding to fill in the gaps.[/b][/i]

Those are 2015 data. It’s worse now and getting worse still. I guess the problem goes away...when the kids die? Or grow up to be problem adults.

Yeah, good time for a tax break. That’ll make everyone feel better. [/quote]

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