Challenging Labour's decades-long silence on school-age mothers, he wrote: 'It's time to stop worrying about how people's feelings might be hurt if we question the choices they've made. Because very often, those choices are wrong. And it's about time we said so.
So, some in the Labor Party (sorry, I'm an American, I can't type that extra "u", even if I should in this case) are coming to the realization that it might not be good for British society as a whole to reward poor choices. Teens are irresponsible by nature, short-term thinkers, and they like to screw each other. Turns out, if you create a system that gives money to teen mums, those teens may not entirely think about the opportunities they'll be missing by taking those assistance checks, instead they'll just see that they're getting paid to be a mother, and life on the dole isn't all that miserable, and they can probably dump the wee ones on their own mothers (who odds are were unmarried teen moms, themselves) if they decide they want to go out for a night of carousing.
2 comments:
Great, first Obama is pissing off the British, and now you. REPSECT OUR ALLIES, DAMN IT! They can't help it if they're a bunch of panty-waists, so quit making fun of their spelling.
I'm no diplomat, and if someone is to blame for this 'u' or no 'u' business, it's Noah Webster.
But one of the parts of the job of being President of the United States is also being Head of State, and part of being the Head is entertaining and honoring the Heads of our allies.
I'm just a blogger, what's Obama's excuse?
(Some within British media are jumping to the 'Michelle hates whitey' explanation)
Post a Comment