The point being there are checks. "No questions asked" implied no checks.
> For the people who would rather see newborns have health issues than pay taxes, I frankly find their morals odious and their foresight lacking.
The article referenced a black, un-wed, young mother stuggling to pay for diapers. That portrayal of poor minorities is what the anti-welfare state sees when fighting for less taxes. The money isn't going to people who are struggling like they might be; the money is going to minorities who aren't willing to work hard.
Said more plainly, the health and wellbeing of black and brown babies are worth less to (some|many) Americans than white ones.
> The point being there are checks. "No questions asked" implied no checks.
it really doesn't.
no questions need to be asked if you aren't tripping the fraud wires of, e.g., grabbing 30 diapers a day for 1 kid.
> Said more plainly, the health and wellbeing of black and brown babies are worth less to (some|many) Americans than white ones.
I agree that that describes the reality that exists. I find that morally problematic, however: whatever else we can pick at, I feel that babies are all equal and they matter.
My belief, if you showed most (all?) Americans a baby, regardless of color, and asked if that baby deserved healthy life, they'd say yes. If you asked if they'd donate $2, they'd probably be inclined to do so.
The problems comes down to the concept in abstract. Special interest groups capitalizing on the frustration of paying tax, by preying on human's most base nature of mistrusting people that are perceived to be different.
"You're paying high taxes, and lazy people (minorities) are getting a free ride." sounds much better than "You're paying high taxes, and government contractors are taking a lot of that money."
Especially since poor/minorities are far less of a powerful lobby than those who represent government contractors.
> For the people who would rather see newborns have health issues than pay taxes, I frankly find their morals odious and their foresight lacking.
The article referenced a black, un-wed, young mother stuggling to pay for diapers. That portrayal of poor minorities is what the anti-welfare state sees when fighting for less taxes. The money isn't going to people who are struggling like they might be; the money is going to minorities who aren't willing to work hard.
Said more plainly, the health and wellbeing of black and brown babies are worth less to (some|many) Americans than white ones.