Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 22, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brian Cole 6977044 focus Winnipeg free press a h March 1996 m i o illegitimate children key to social ills welfare Cycle hard to break by Robert Rector Knight Ridder marriage is dying in America and illegitimacy is becoming a Way of last roughly a third of All births in the United states were put of the increase in the portion of All births which Are illegitimate is increasing relentlessly at about one percentage Point a Why should americans be alarmed by this trend illegitimacy is not Only the strongest statistical indicator for practically every social ill you can name violent crime to drug abuse to Low educational achievement illegitimacy also is the principal route to welfare As they Craft welfare Reform legislation in the coming Capitol Hill Law makers who fail to see this connection will Only make matters consider children born out of Wedlock to women who have never been married will receive some Type of welfare for 70 per cent of the time during their first decade of this percentage is nowhere near As High for any other kind of familial children born to such women receive Aid to families with dependent children the most common form of 17 times More often than do children born to stable married on children born out of wed lock to women who stay unmarried will spend roughly half of the first decade of their lives in an illegitimate child of a never married Mother is seven times More Likely to be poor than a child born to an intact married tragic even More is the enor Mous negative Impact of illegitimacy on childrens development and on their behaviour As numerous studies show that being born outside marriage and raised in single Parent Homes triples the level of behavioural and emotional problems among it nearly triples the level of teen sexual activity doubles the probability a Young woman will have children out of Wedlock increases the likelihood of Low Job and salary attainment and doubles the prob ability a boy will engage in criminal Active and wind up in the frightening fact is that the collapse of marriage is filling our streets and jails with rapists and and the problem is just it will Only get just As illegitimacy feeds so welfare plays a critical role in promoting in a self perpetuating research by june Oneill now director of the congressional budget office for Baruch College shows that increasing the monthly level of Ardc and food stamp benefits by 50 per cent will result in a 43 per cent increase in illegitimate Mikhail Bernstam of the Hoover institution at Stanford University shows that childbearing by Young unmarried women May increase by six per cent in response to a 10 per cent increase in monthly welfare benefits among Blacks the increase May be As High As 10 per research by Shelley Lundberg and Robert Plotnick of the University of Washington shows that an increase of roughly per month in welfare benefits per family causes the teenage illegitimate birth rate in a state to increase by 150 per in the government has been Mas sively subsidizing illegitimacy and sin Gle parenthood for More than three with devastating effects on Chil Dren and the primary goal of welfare Reform must be to bring Down the number of out Wedlock this Means ending the practice of hiking welfare benefits to a Young Mother every time she has another illegitimate the welfare Bill passed by Congress last year and vetoed by president Clinton contained Steps to address this these efforts should be expanded and improved in any future but perhaps even More important is what communities themselves can do about the it just so happens that americas churches and synagogues Are a powerful instrument in combating Ille Young women who regularly attend religious services Are half As Likely As others to give birth out of teenage girls who regularly attend Church Are two thirds less Likely to be sexually government policy must begin to allow religious institutions to play a far stronger role in rebuilding american inner cities and in shaping the aspiring hearts and minds of Young people at risk within the poorest one Way this can be accomplished is by allowing real school Choice giving poor parents education and allowing them to choose where they Send their children to believe they will choose religiously affiliated schools in Congress needs to recognize that without a persistent attack on welfare As we know it will this essay by Robert senior analyst for welfare and family issues at the heritage is adapted from his recent testimony before the House ways and Means letters to the editor dripping with contempt i am totally amazed by the brochure i received with my water which has been put out by the City of Winnipeg water waste and disposal depart 1011155 Pacific in this bulletin is a what can my family and i do to reduce our water and sewer it asks you to Contact our water conservation team at 9867283 for tips on water or to Pur Chase an easy to install Home water conservation the City of Winnipeg is suggest ing water conservation on one hand and telling of its customers to keep their water on so their pipes dont give me a in replacing washers so my taps dont drip and the City of Winnipeg is telling some of its customers to let their water i understand that some High priced Talent decided to leave pipes under the Concrete instead of relocating pipes under the Boulevard where Snow would have provided Neces sary of would have Cost several Hundred thousands dollars what the it is Only i think somebody in the water works department better have a look within their own department before sending out information asking people to conserve water and at the same time advise other customers to let it flow Down the lets get our priorities right for a Les Thompson Winnipeg Labatt move fools no one i am writing concerning an Arti Cle that was in the free March Labatt brewery has decided to help save the Blue How but i would ask that Mani to bans not be fooled by this the Labatt company has been giving away More product and prizes than usual in recent months since they decided to leave our fair they Are certainly no they know their Market share will drop after the closure of their Winnipeg i truly Hope the Blue bombers remain in Here is a Little thought How does Labatt think it can save the bombers when it was unable to save the brewery from closing Down in Winnipeg if companies like Labatt keep pulling out of this it wont matter because the aver age person will not be Able to afford to buy season tickets they wont have a Caro Traa Norbert give it a rest Lett i found Dan Letts March 13 Arti Cle regarding criminal inc Arcera Rock takes a disturbing in its the fact that the majority does not support an apologist View when dealing with first degree murder ers did not Stop Lett from taking a number of inaccuracies to the nth degree in order to bolster his How to reach us the free press welcomes letters from letters must be signed and should include a clearly printed address and Telephone names will be published but not All letters May be edited for style and Short letters Are less Likely to be please address letters to letters to the Winnipeg free 1355 Mountain Winnipeg r2x letters can be sent to our fax number letters May be submitted through the internet at letters letters sent via the internet obviously cannot be but must include Home address and Telephone interpretation of the just in the Justice Justice minister Alan rocks so called problem regarding Manda tory parole hearings for first degree murderers is Only a problem to like who would use selective memory in support of the status when the liberals removed the death penal 25 years in jail was the unconditional minimum that Promise was not now that the majority is clamouring for a return of the death penalty in Light of the broken the apologists like Lett surface to enlighten the pub i have news for the pub Lic int buying were fed up with a system that would allow mass murderers like Clifford Olson the at tax payers to file 30 lawsuits against the state while incarcerate and then be eligible for a parole hearing before an altogether inadequate sentence is too Many innocent victims have been murdered by those released before their rampant incarceration give it a Wilde Winnipeg Cal Murphy defended the drivel that passes As legitimate journalism in the pages of the free press is a constant source of amazement to some journal in Are Well versed in such practice a Case in Point is the March 16 article by Gordon the stink is coming from one As it appears fashionable to do by some free press Sinclair attacks Cal Murphy and lays the blame for the financial woes of the Winnipeg football club squarely at this Sinclair states that the Blue bombers would not be wallowing in a sea of debt had Cal Murphy kept the tradition of the club alive by promoting it in the for someone who purports to be a supporter of the and who owes it to readers of the free press to be even marginally informed on an Issue before he Sinclair As usual fails on both strange How we did not see any mention in his column of the Blue bombers hockey team that Tours the province promoting the club and the Cal of the Active alumni Assoc Tion which has deep roots bombers coach Cal Murphy right and his players and staff do a lot to promote the football despite what critics in this City of the annual open fan and now fan forum available to Blue bombers fans or of the annual Brandon training Camp and the Effort by the team to promote itself in Rural has Sinclair talked to the people running the childrens wards in the cites or to charitable both of which would Tell him of the accessibility of the club and its players it is apparently also not Worth at least by someone like the record of exciting foot Ball on a shoestring Cal his coaching and the dedicated Volunteer Board of directors have put together since journalists like Sinclair Lead a charmed they produce very Little of value but feel free to take it upon themselves to attack those who hold leadership positions in the Community with out anything to Back it try harder one Day you might get a life of your David Yeo Winnipeg the problem with percentages i noticed that Frances Russell has again found another from another with which to Advance her own Point of rarely does she come up with an original this time she leans on John Ken Neth Galbraith for her and a portion of the ensuing argument does illustrate a problem which has crept into both taxation and wage matters during the past 25 it is the exclusive use of percentages in All the vital Calculi a five per cent raise in pay will mean More to the individual whose salary is per annul than the same five per cent to another person who earns Only the former gets an increase of whereas the lat Ter receives Only if that Pat Tern is followed for a series of the spread Between the higher paid employee and the lower Levels widens this leads to All kinds of and yet for selfish per Sonal often agree to unreasonable terms because they know that if they their own remuneration will be adjusted this applies to both sides of the bargaining the distortion created by repeated use of percentages is at the Root of Many of today labor difficult within and outside bargaining years a Flat the same increase was granted across the Board to All until a percentage increase was warranted to maintain the spread deemed to be appropriate Between the various layers within the bargaining when that objective had been the Flat adjustment was if tax cuts Are awarded on a percentage the benefits to a Large earner will be greater than to a person with a smaller tithe Ridge Winnipeg universities already efficient closing one of Manitoba universities would not save taxpayer As several recent letters have enrolment remains High while the number of faculty is class sizes Are there is no room at the University of Manitoba for students from the University of nor is there room at the University of Winnipeg for the students who study arts and sciences at the University of Man closing the University of Winnipeg would harm students from the North West East Selkirk and the Northern suburbs particularly they already have a Long trip downtown and it would be unreasonable to Force them to travel to fort making the University of Winnipeg a Branch Campus of the University of Manitoba would Cost taxpayers More not consolidation would create another layer of the two universities and red River col lege already coordinate Many activities to avoid the University of Winnipeg runs efficiently As an Independent inst its smaller size allows it to respond quickly to student change is so rapid that the number of faculty listed in a recent letter is completely Daniel Stone Winnipeg changes reflect Winnipeg just a Short note to let you know the recent overhaul of the Faith Page is the biweekly rotation of columns by John stack House and Karen tool Mitchell is More reflective of the Broad spec Trum of belief in Winnipeg and Manitoba than the previous monopoly of the offer Ings column further ensures a fairer representation than previously thanks for the youve made one Reader Greg Glatz Winnipeg doonesbury see i in it5m05tly i for Junior Pip Youpe si6nitau 6lfilpa6e by Garry Trudeau grand what a gavem5 the butit5 sit5 for chrj5t put i think Fuu Hoki going to Coulp shut town she you i hear the pr0pp5p on ;