OK, this video is politically incorrect and NRSFW (Not Really Safe For Work). Done by a rapper “Chapter”, I just thought it fit in well with my post on NH HB1658 (“limiting financial assistance for mothers who have additional children while receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).”). Do I consider it a parody or satire of the subject?
No. Again, at the risk of continuously sounding like a broken record (yeah, old school here), I heard it personally: have a baby, get a check. and if you notice in the video, the rather stark absence of men – mothers and their children, but where are the baby daddies (as to, you know, real husbands and fathers):
Three things to stay out of absolute poverty:
- Finish high school
- Get a job
- Don’t have kids until married.
Not exactly traits portrayed in the video…
Turns out, “Chapter” is a little more serious than what first appears: “Who would want to work in America? This is what the taxpayers are paying for”
(H/T: RedState, who was really digging at the National Review’s dude, Mitt Romney and his comment about “not worrying about the poor” that sounds so bad as a sound bite even as the intent was mostly “ok”)
