Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Very, very stupid idea

I haven't had the chance to write about this yet, but yesterday in his conference speech, Brown proposed putting all young, single mothers on benefit into supervised homes. If there wasn't proof, you wouldn't believe he'd have said it...Well, maybe you would've. It's just the kind of stupid idea this party comes up with nowadays:

And I do think it’s time to address a problem that for too long has gone unspoken, the number of children having children. For it cannot be right, for a girl of sixteen, to get pregnant, be given the keys to a council flat and be left on her own.

From now on all 16 and 17 year old parents who get support from the taxpayer will be placed in a network of supervised homes. These shared homes will offer not just a roof over their heads, but a new start in life where they learn responsibility and how to raise their children properly. That’s better for them, better for their babies and better for us all in the long run.

We won’t ever shy away from taking difficult decisions on tough social questions.

Some funny newspaper I read this morning called the homes "Victorian workhouses"! That description is right on the money. Yes, he said "all" 16 and 17 year old parents. Because all young women who get pregnant lack a support system of any kind, and are terrible mothers. And no, this isn't a waste of the taxpayers' money at all.

What? We're in a deficit??

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