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From: rissa@chinet.UUCP (Garret and Trish)
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Subject: Re: Yale-Harvard marriage study
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Date: Mon, 13-Oct-86 14:54:42 EDT
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Mike Wexler writes:

>Why should the government make the changes.  Why not use individuals.  
>Society is becoming more varied.  Different people may have different
>solutions.  Why have the government extract money from everyone to implement
>a solution that is not necessarily best for everyone.  I agree there are
>problems right now, but these are symptoms of a fundamental change in
>society.  Some of the solutions are households with multiple families
>living in them.  With just two families everyone could work 5 days a week
>and in there two days off watch the kids.  Another method that some people
>use is sending there kids to daycare centers.  Another method is to have
>retired grandparents watch the kids.  There are many other possible solutions,
>why not let individuals choose there own solutions and accepts the related
>emotional, economic, and social costs.  
>>
>Why shouldn't they look for solutions to there problems.  Is there some
>lislation that is harming them?  Or are they just another special interest
>group that would like to benefit at the expense of other groups in society.

The majority of our population lives in a family structure that includes
children.  This is hardly a "special interest group."  And, in any case,
even if we accept your contention that families with children are a
special interest group, so is the military-industrial complex, and
personally, I'd a whole lot rather see federal tax monies spent on good 
quality daycare centers than on $4000 toliet seats.

The private, public, and not-for-profit sectors are all the time
bouncing into Washington to ask for special favors.  For some reason,
private citizens aren't supposed to do this, however, and I really
don't understand why not.   The solutions you have proposed are 
probably okay for some people, but there are *millions* of people
for whom these solutions are not feasible or practical.  

I was really appalled by your writing and spelling skills.  Are
you in the fourth grade?  Or are you one of those people who has
finished high school and still can't write properly?  Perhaps
you should consider taking some sort of basic expository writing
course.  

Trisha 
O Tuama