Don't apologise for the soapbox, cause I'm right there on it too. I teach in an elementary school in a low income neighborhood and I see all the time the crap that people get from the 'system'.

Babies who are actually born (as opposed to fetuses, who are valued beyond all measure of reason) are being raised in filth and squallor because of restrictive (non)welfare policies.

Yep. And when those moms of those kids want to try to move up and make things better, there are roadblocks all over the place. *sigh*