oakpundit When are the people in Oakland going to demand that women receiving public subsidies for housing do not get paid for second and third children while they are on welfare? Whey are we going to demand that drug addicts who have born more than one child and are still drug addicted have some kind of permanent birth control put in them until such time as they are non-addicted, self supporting and can lead productive lives starting with parenting? As a society it is our right to determine whether or not we should support those having children and bearing more children while on public weflare.Many adults cannot have children and pay for a mortgage yet we are paying those to bear children and be resopnsible who have no mortgage payments and receive Section 8 housing and AFDC. Why are we supporting women's ability to have children on welfare and not paying for daycare and helping women who are working? Why are we publically supporting and promoting dysfunctionality and drug-addicted children as a society? This is self-destructive as a society and that's what we are seeing in Oakland and other places--an insane social policy decision that enables women who are drug-addicted to bear children. Then they are fostered out to the women's family members who then get monies from the foster system. The whole system is sick and needs to stop. I have never seen this addressed by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. I personally know a woman who is a drug addict who has borne l0 children, evey one of which has been removed from her care. Alameda County, Oakland, why are you allowing this to continue? Criminal neglect of children, public subsidization of contiued criminal negligence? These are the public policies in Alameda County. And yes, we need drug rehabilitation--mandatory-- and those who don't participate and clean up will have to be institutionalized for life. Most importantly, what can we do to STOP THE CYCLE? Contact your Alameda County Supervisor now.