🚨 Rep. Glenn Grothman (Rep. Glenn Grothman) opens hearing on how current welfare system is designed to ensure dependence on the government and often penalizes marriage. “In 1960, around 5% of children were born to unmarried women. “Today, that number is around 40%. “This is simply deeply concerning. “Marriage... is the backbone of a stable society and is a force that encourages individuals to be responsible for their families instead of having to rely on government assistance. “Not only is marriage associated with better financial outcomes, but it is also associated with better mental health for married couples and their children. … “Our current welfare system is designed to ensure dependence on the government and often penalizes marriage. “Sadly, the problems don’t stop there. “Many of the benefits, paid for by taxpayer dollars, are improperly going to illegal immigrants.”show more

@RepGrothman you are just attempting to justify a tax increase on single parent families by calling for the elimination of the head of household deduction. Your proposal raises taxes on the poor and middle class and gives more tax breaks to affluent 2 parent families.

Women choose courtship, men pick wives. Women are conservative with who they date, men are conservative with who they marry. Women are picky when it comes to sex, men are picky when it comes to commitment. To be a wife you have to be selected. We need Fathers to teach this.

@RepGrothman Correct. By design.

@RepGrothman Time to get this crap under control!!

@RepGrothman Glad to hear someone is finally bringing this up! Thank you

@RepGrothman That's no accident. It's pretty easy to buy a vote with the threat to stop government aid.

@RepGrothman Republicans ignoring the fact how institutional racism against black men forces them into crime.

@RepGrothman I thought it was a lot higher than 40%

Medicaid keeps people prisoner to the government. If you use Medicaid, you no longer truly own your home. Elderly and disabled in Texas have APS going to their door to harass them and force them into nursing homes so they can take their homes. If you need to purchase a home in better repair or for any other legitimate reason and selling your current home is required for funding, you are screwed. The State will come for the proceeds or the house itself. They force people into poverty and/or into committing crimes, which in turn makes them paranoid to the point that they don't participate in normal society or pursue better jobs or other ways to increase their wealth so they can live better. The Government is Satan!! Less government! Americans are sick of being prisoner to their own systems!

@RepGrothman

@RepGrothman Deport foreifn freeloaders!