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04/16/03 4:03 PM

#15007 RE: sarals #14990

>>>Almost all the moms had been married and were now divorced... not what they expected to happen.<<<

No, and I suspect many of them choose to lick their wounds as single parents rather than diving headlong into another potential failure. The republican argument is the same old formula they use for all the ills of society: "We need to encourage people to accept responsibility". As in "encouraging" a couple out of love to fall in love again, or to encourage the 55-year old who was just laid off to find a new job faster in a 6% unemployment environment, or to encourage a single parent to cough up $1,500/month for health insurance coverage his/her employer can't/won't provide. I don't think most conservatives believe in these arguments themselves, but so what? Mindless propaganda and cute slogans have worked wonders for the past three years so why bother with facts when there's fiction?