Octomom, Obama, and Public Assistance
September 19, 2010 1 Comment
Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman Guiterrez (born Natalie Denise Suleman), is popularly known as “Octomom”. She is most widely known for giving birth to octuplets in January 2009.
She is a controversial figure, having used in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in all her pregnancies. She had six prior children, was unemployed, and on public assistance when she gave birth to her eight youngest children. Octomom is a high school graduate, has a four-year college degree, and even has taken some graduate level courses.
Suleman gained much attention following the highly unusual birth of eight children. She received monetary contributions, TV deals, and has been in numerous magazine articles as well. Now that some of the initial reaction to her unprecedented situation has worn off, she apparently is spiraling back down to the same conditions which allowed her to get pregnant with eight embryos simultaneously in the first place: dependence on government run public assistance programs.
With a record-high 40 million people on food stamps in Obama’s America, and free healthcare being promised in the future, what are the odds of more such Octomom-style debacles taking place?
The problem with ever expanding government programs, is that it promotes irresponsible behavior. Or as Congressman Ron Paul has said, “Whenever you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.” Octomom is a highly unusual example, only because of the high number of children involved in her case.
How many millions of Americans are on public assistance because of irresponsible decisions they have made? The intent of these programs is to help people in need, that are down on their luck, or can not help themselves. The problem is that they are run by a bloated, inefficient, and uncaring government. The government does not care if a woman with six children gets implanted with eight embryos. They simply process the paperwork, and approve the procedure because the mother meets “income guidelines” or “standards” for the program. They are unconcerned with whether it is a good use of taxpayer dollars. They believe in the notion that no one should ever criticize a single mother at any time.
The fact that the mother is divorced and that there is no “baby daddy” in the picture is of no concern to the administrators of these programs. Here in the state of Washington, the state will heavily subsidize day care costs for single parents, simply based on income levels alone. In 2009, Washington State subsidized day care for 56,700 children. This despite huge deficits, and tax increases being levied on productive members of society. The state does not pause to consider if friends, family, or church members may be able to assist in caring for children. They simply process the paperwork, and issue the subsidy payments.
It is difficult to list all of the programs that are dragging our economy down: food stamps, WIC, subsidized housing, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama-care, welfare payments, subsidized day care, free breakfast and lunch programs at schools, unemployment benefits extended 12 times or more, and on, and on, and on…
Interestingly, the more times that unemployment benefits are extended, the more unemployment is reported in this country. Also, the more that food stamps are expanded, the more people become enrolled in that program as well.
Perhaps America should consider reducing these government-run public assistance programs. Instead, the public policy should be to encourage individuals, churches, and private charities to work in their local communities to help those that are truly in need. Neighbors and church members will be more likely to care how their contributions are being used, than overpaid, under-worked, ineffective, bureaucrats setting “guidelines” and “standards” in a far away government cube farm in our nation’s capital.
Related Articles
- Octomom Nadya Suleman Going On Welfare? (popcrunch.com)
- Octomom — On the Brink of Losing Her House (tmz.com)
- Food-stamp tally nears 40 million, sets record (Reuters)
- Nadya Suleman (Wikipedia)
- 2009 Child Care in the State of: Washington (NACCRRA)
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Cross-posted at Palousitics.net
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Jason, a well thought out blog ! But, in todays politics whether city, county, state, Port or federal. We are seeing that the American people are voting for socialism ! The government wants you to think they can do things better! Better, they are not doing but bigger they are at excellence!
I can see it worse right here in this town per taxpayer than even in our federal GOVERNMENT ! Scriptures define the problem so very well. I feel the following scripture puts the problem of this cities council into perspective ever so well ! ( We have learned by SAD experience that it is the ” nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion ” ! ) We can see this from day one in Hancock and Restucci and they are not letting up under any condition. It is all about control that THET are UNABLE to control! And yet the other three liberals cannot see that they are being led astray !
Now as far as Ms. Suleman is concerned. I have different views about her. I think it was so great to see her want to let eight more spirits have the chance of life here on earth ! Now these eight little humans when they grow and have the ability to handle responsibility will have agency to do what they want. Some of them will follow Mom’s way of life. Others will follow a more positive way of life. But can we put all the blame on Suleman ? Not at all ! Lets put the blame on our control happy government as you have said. Giving things away from the heart is one thing. Giving things away that do not belong to you is another thing as our government keeps doing! And giving things away that they do not have such as monies is an insult to the taxpayer that works for a living.
Infortunately the taxpayer that lives from generation to generation on government handouts have not been taught the meaning of ETHICS ! ( their ethics are vague like the Sunnyside’s city council’s ) And comparing the cities attorney who suggested that they can vote away the ethics has no more ethics than what the city can put into their pockets monetarily ! See, humanity does not have the ability on a very spacious realm to handle authority, money and God’s wants into one earthly life ! Humans MUST seperate their greed for authority and material things from God’s wisdom’s and ethics in order to gain that realm of Celestial life and life FOREVER !
And until our polician LIVE the Lord’s wisdom and ethics and not just talk it ; things will get worse. It is easy to use religion as a crutch and better yet to read the title of the book rather that the contents which takes alittle longer. But the results will let you inherit an eternal life. FOREVER !! Learn how to handle autrhority and this council MAY get that reward ! So may our federal government s ??