IMO if you are unmarried and having children while on Medicaid you are committing child abuse.
Children born into poverty statistically speaking do far worse in school than their counterparts who are not born into poverty.
If you can't afford the children you have and are dependent on the state or federal government then birth control should be mandatory for all receiving this aid. No other children conceived after your initial claim period can or should be covered at any time . This would put an end to the Medicaid Mama's who have no desire to get off the States dole outs.
The argument but my religion forbids me is answered with then let your church or religious affiliation pay for them. I made a mistake and got pregnant, my birth control failed, all this is an excuse. Making US citizens responsible for your own mistakes or failures shows a lack of responsibility on our own part. The US government cannot by law favor anyone because of their religion or religious choices. End of argument.
Frankly I can 't afford the taxes I already pay let alone a raise in taxes to cover a foundering social service agency that is not administrated with more sense than God gave an earthworm. The fact that these people live in a commune should have been a factor in the decision to
give them aid to begin with. The children all have fathers and if the mothers can't or won't name them then DNA testing should have been ordered of all possible fathers named by the women. No names no aid. Child support is now pursued by Texas when the children are on State aid programs.This needs to be implemented on a Federal level to prevent State aid jumping- going from one State to another to gain aid when you have exhausted funds in one. Mandatory job training and job seeking should also be a requirement. Give a man a fish and you feed him for today. Teach a man to fish and he will feed himself for a lifetime. Write letters to your government officials, put an end to this type of abuse and cults like this one can't flourish and spread.
CNN has broadcast pictures of this fellow you might find one there.
