I agree parents, siblings, and peers don’t do the proper job. It is unfortunate community organizations that teach morals, leadership and achievement could make a difference (Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Junior Achievement, YMCA, JROTC) are not embraced by the community for cultural reasons. It is also unfortunate “community organizers”, funded by progressive organizations, are focused on agitation and not building up people. Finally, the churches in the community are failing to assist teen parents in developing necessary life skills and childrearing skills.
Essentially we have a breakdown into a culture of anarchy and dependency that is self perpetuating and enabled by welfare. In addition to your suggestion of putting a time limit on government aid, we also need government projects involving hard work that teach these people the job skills needed to survive and prosper in the workplace. Perhaps we should bring back the CCCC and put the welfare dependent to work improving the infrastructure in public places. Work or starve. Add in some military discipline and it may be possible to turn some welfare dependents into productive citizens.
There you go!
It is blunt and it is brutal but it is the truth that will set these people free!
Real life is brutal and if you are not smart short.
For these gangbangers in the inner cities the laws of the jungle have reasserted themselves. The only hope of bringing civilization back to these people is reasserting the laws of economics on their lives.
If the women of these communities start to watch their children starve because the men that they irresponsibly mate with will not provide support then they will rediscover morality and begin to be more careful in choosing when and with whom to mate.
Women have always been the civilizing influence on men. Women by choosing a mate that will provide long term support for her children moderates men’s behavior.
Unfortunately children will suffer and this will bring out the worst in the bleeding heart Liberals. But these children are suffering now and they are dying now. The only alternative is more and more of the same.