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Teach personal responsibility

Sun., April 9, 2017

Regarding the March 25 article on child-care costs: I hate to sound uncaring, but should people really be having children who can’t afford to take care of them? People depending on the government to take care of them is the attitude that is ruining this country and our state. Another free handout to people, many of whom make bad decisions in their lives, is costing the taxpayers millions of dollars.

There seems to be little to no effort to teach people personal responsibility and accountability, how to take care of yourself physically and financially, and that government freebies are for limited duration when people are down on their luck and not a way of life? Is it ever going to end???

Joel Fertakis

Mead

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