Another question for you, both slavery and welfare will reward or praise the mother for having another child. For the slave, obviously more children would increase the slave master's work force. Our welfare system gives mothers more money for having more babies. Do you agree with this approach, and if so, my wife and I are expecting a baby this month. Should I start to send letters to my constituents asking them for a raise?
Discussing the implications of welfare policies during a floor speech.
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The problem I have with all these individuals is the fathers we have not identified, who are not taking care of their children.
There are a number of individuals today who are earning $25,000, $30,000, and $40,000 a year, and upon their having another baby they cannot walk in to their supervisors and demand an increase in pay.
the Federal debt burden on our children continues to grow. Despite all of the White House rhetoric about deficit reduction, we are still going to have a $223 billion deficit in fiscal year 1994, according to the Congressional Budget…
Do you agree that we should pay mothers more money for having more babies? That is the question.
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