Letter to the Editor: Reader recommends use of self control, responsibility

Resist those urges! Please use self control and birth control. We can’t afford to have people producing children when they can’t afford to care for them.

49 percent of Spokane County births were paid for by Medicaid in 2010. That is a 49 percent increase over 2000. This is a higher percentage than the state.

This should not surprise us as our welfare system rewards women who have additional children. Statistics show us that these children continue to be a burden to the tax payers in preschool and public school.

Parents should be responsible for these children and far too many are not being responsible.

If you can’t afford ‘em don’t have ‘em.

Gerald W. Ray

Spokane