Obama Pregnancy Assistance Fund Awards $27 Million to Teens, Young Parents

Idk about you but I'm 18 with a 2 year old and I'm pretty sure we dont just get pregnant so we can take the tax payers money most of us actually work to raise our children and theres more older people in the Social Service office's then there are young women and men. Maybe you should actually research into what your saying.

How will we keep high paying criminal justice jobs? One big vicious cycle.

Well cutie, I could say i don't want my taxes going to pay for your house if it is burning, if you were careless. Ya'll want to pick and chose what you want your $$ to go for...we have to work together, educate people, and stop being so selfish all the time.

pttypinkleym, selfish? It is selfish to think you are owed someone else's money! It is selfish to have children you cannot afford to raise! It is selfish to get pregnant when you should be educating yourself so that you can support yourself so you do not HAVE to ask the government to put their hand back into your neighbors wallet! BTW, I don't want you money to pay for my house should it accidently be burned down either! That is why I pay for my own insurance! YES...I want to pick and chose what our tax dollars pay for...we CANNOT afford to pay for everyone who refuses to take care of themselves...it is obvious that increasing welfare just makes welfare look more desirable to those who are willing to settle for government handouts! NOT ONE DIME for those who are capable of taking care of themselves but chose to make poor life choices...THAT will encourage MORE responsibility and fewer teen pregnancies!

Mike, if the girl is under 18, her parents AND the father or the fathers parents should be held responsible for the bills of the child. If she is over 18, she and the father should be held responsible. There is simply no way for us to afford to support the number of children being born to teens today. When this was a rare occurance, support was reasonable. Today having multiple children that you know you cannot suppport is fine, because these parents know they only need to hold their hand out and the government will fill it to overflowing!

why not her parents? why should we have to pay for it let her parents pay and make his parents pay for it too! they are the ones that made the baby they should be made to pay for it does that not make sense to you Mike?

And you were the perfect child?

tlcmovestorage, what does being the perfect child have to do with anything? No child is perfect, but that does not mean that taxpayers should be held responsible for supporting a child for at least 18 years just because a teenage girls gets pregnant! Back when this was a rare occurance it may have made sense to help them out...today there are so many teenage mothers that our programs are going bankrupt and taxpayers are on the hook for thousands of BILLIONS every year supporting these children...and they just keep having MORE in order to get MORE government money!

Chuck, why on earth should those who ALREADY pay 80% of all taxes be held responsible to support the children of irresponsible young teens? Certainly they should be held responsible for their OWN teens, but today there are so many teenagers having babies it is impossible and irresponsible for our government to continue to encourage this behavior by continuing to support these teens! The girl, the father and both sets of parents can pay whatever is needed. Then we will see a massive reduction in teen pregnancies!

A mans perspective??? Let me guess, your single with no children.

Who said I was a man with no children? I am not. And I do not believe in offering rewards to children to have children. An neither should you.