The plan to coerce welfare mothers in marrying.

[Classical_Liberal]

Bush weds welfare, marriage

Critics argue promoting wedlock could backfire

By Deb Price / Detroit News Washington Bureau

David Coates / The Detroit News

Patricia Donaldson, a Detroit welfare recipient, with her two sons, a goddaughter and a niece, supports the Bush initiative to encourage marriage.

Looking back on her life, 44-year-old welfare recipient Patricia Donaldson of Detroit says she wishes she had married.

At 16, she had her first child — and within two years got her first welfare check.

Two more children followed, and, with modest financial help from the three fathers and serious health problems, Donaldson ended up depending on welfare most of her adult life.

“I would have loved to have been married at a young age, but I don’t know if I was ready or not,” she says, citing insecurity and not meeting the right man......

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[rucky]

1. this is getting comical

are they really that out of touch? is anything off limits?



and watch dometic violence skyrocket.

[Deja Q]

2. All right. Let this insanity be passed and let her find a man ASAP

because they'll cut off her bennies at the start...

And how long does it take again to find a man that's worth keeping?