Gary Franks: “Statistics would show that the growth in poverty that we have seen has been due largely to the growth of the teenagers…”

“Statistics would show that the growth in poverty that we have seen has been due largely to the growth of the teenagers giving birth out of wedlock, and we have statistics to support that. Yes, we should try to create more jobs. That is why I have always been a strong advocate of trying to put forth tax policies that would help employers to employ employees. The capital gains tax cut would do that, and a number of other measures. Yes, we must try to increase the number of jobs. In the last 30 years we have produced 52 million jobs in this country, an average of 1.7 million jobs a year. We have seen programs in your State of California, and in Riverside, CA, a welfare-to-work type of program that was able to increase the number of jobs for individuals on welfare. Yes, we must try to create jobs. We have to remember that today, unfortunately, we have a number of single parents out there who are teenagers.”