Why is California bankrupt? A proposed addition to welfare to work would actually pay parents to stay home with their children and not look for a job. Apparently that would be less expensive for the state. What a wonderful story selected to highlight the program. One woman is six months from graduating culinary school, with a job lined up. But if she could stay home with her kids?? You can't make this stuff up, you'd stand accused of maligning the poor. Filed under insane.
Now Levenson, 27, is about six months from earning her associate degree in culinary arts and has a job lined up at Ralphs. She receives about $750 a month in assistance. The state also pays about $1,000 a month for her sons, Jaden, 4, and Gavyn, 2, to attend Canyon Vista Children's Learning Center in Chatsworth while she finishes school.
"If I had it my way, I'd stay home all day with my kids," Levenson said as she dropped the boys off Tuesday. "Then again, I love day care. My kids have learned so much."
Although Levenson said she is not sure she could replace her eldest son's preschool teachers, she is willing to try.
"There's times I just drive by and watch the kids," she said. "You'll never be able to get the kids' little years back."
Pay to have the kids stay home too. It would be cheaper than "educating" them.
Posted by: B | Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 01:49 PM
"Jaden"? "Gavyn"? No wonder she needs help - she's functionally illiterate.
Posted by: Russ. Just Russ. | Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 08:49 PM