Women the Cause of Poverty in America (repost from 2007)

That is just plain "Ignorant" How could anyone let that be published in a newspaper?

if you have the time, read the article - I am not exagerating by any means ~J

Ignorant thinking for sure. Last time I checked it does still take two in one form or the other.

What a load of crap!

I agree that BOTH woman and man are responsible. Nothing can be done to have a child without a man's help, lol.

The guy is a jerk for saying such things.

Wow, that is pretty shocking. I agree, it takes 2, so 50% of the problem was certainly left out!

Having read the rest of the article, that last bit didn't surprise me any. The whole point of the article was to try to convince readers that there really aren't many poor Americans, and those who are poor pretty much deserve it, so the rest of us shouldn't bother worrying about them.

I don't think he's trying to absolve the fathers of their parental responsibilities. I have no doubt he is more than happy to blame both women and men for having children out of wedlock. He pretty much says so right there in the article. In fact, I'm surprised he didn't blame them for global warming, terrorism, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and the abomination of a sitcom that was The Michael Richards Show.

wow .. umm they do know how babies are made right? Some people are so dumb ...

Totally absurd. How could someone even publish an article of such ignorance! Right now I am looking an ex husband who got fired...so there goes my child support which is a much needed part of our monthly income..like I chose for it to be that way!!! That's bull!

Like Wil B, I read the whole editorial and that last thought is of a piece with the whole. This is just one more Republican pundit blaming the victims and declaring poverty as a Democratic fairy tale. The worst problem is that so many people, even those who are hurting badly in the current economic situation, are perfectly willing to believe it. What does that say about our national self-esteem?

((( Ignorance...)))

It's always been my opinion that the last paragraph of any argument or persuasive writing should be the strongest part of the argument. The question is "what is the cause of poverty." The answer was kids with one parent. The one parent responsible (as stated verbatum below) was "the young unmarried women having children." Taking Democrats and Republican talk out of the equation and just talking poverty - well I guess it is all the woman's fault for not taking birth control, reverting to abstinance or abortion. Let's not even think about the father involved who could help support the child he created. Not to mention the women put into poverty because the husband divorced her and would not pay child support.
Don't get me wrong, I am far from a man hater - Am actually helping my husband with a custody suite for his daughter - and did you know the father can NOT go to the local child support office and offer to pay? The female has to initiate. The whole thing makes no sense to me..............thanks for all the responses ~j

"Democratic candidates can talk all they wish about poverty in America, but it is unlikely that a Democratic victory in next year's presidential election or even the most radical and expensive antipoverty programs that could be enacted thereafter will move the numbers more than a percentage point or so. Why ? Because we haven't yet figured out how to prevent unmarried young women from having children they can't take care of. "

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So true, Jean. I think you are right to raise an eyebrow!

This man who wrote that is what my wife and I call (politely, we think), an IIA or Idiot In Action. For goodness sakes, that's such a load of sh**, it's amazing that it ever got published.
As we're already in a recession and have been, long before the government admitted to it and are rapidly sliding into a depression, THIS is the best the jerk can come up with?

Mark

That person needs to be enlightened. The sad reality is that guys don't get pregnant and some of them can and do leave the pregnant woman - or don't pay support. This does not mean that they are any less to blame for the pregnancy or the impoverishment of the children.

I agree with my Sis Leah. ;-) We Russians call it "to take it from the aching head and put to the healthy one".

Blessings and best wishes - S.

He, my darling...is an idiot...as most of the commentator in the democrat-Gazette are.

I get the central Arkansas edition and I completely ignore the editorial pages anymore.