BEING FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLYING

Have you heard the story of Desmond Hatchett? Desmond is a 33 year old man from Knoxville, Tennessee. His claim to fame? He has 30 children by 11 different women, none of whom is his wife. He has petitioned the state of Tennessee to help him pay child support because he only has a minimum wage job and the state already takes half of his paycheck. I am not making this up. I don’t do fiction.

I have purposely stayed away from columns about the plight of minorities but sometimes I just can’t help myself. There are some issues that need discussion and examination. Here’s my first question. What in the world were these women thinking?  Is it possible that in their community these women didn’t know about the other “baby mamas?” Is it possible that Desmond was just so irresistible that they just had to jump into the sack with him? Aside from a roll in the hay, what did Desmond bring to the lives of these women?

Let us look at some of the possibilities. Some will say that the women were just looking for a paycheck from the welfare department. We have all heard about people gaming the system by producing children strictly for the money. Or, maybe they were in love with Desmond. Naw, I doubt it. More likely these women, along with Hatchett, are just irresponsible dregs of society. Maybe they don’t have any concern for themselves or for the children they are inflicting on the  community.

And when you consider the children, what chance do they have for a reasonable life? Who will be their father figure? Will they, if they survive to adulthood, become the same societal dregs that their mother and father are? Any study of economics already shows us that the surest way to live a life of poverty is to be born out of wedlock, in a minority community and with no father figure at home. Desmond and his co-respondents have given us 30 such children. The odds of these offspring continuing this dependent life on welfare and becoming the next criminal element as they grow up are staggeringly high.

So, what is society to do? Are we just to pay up? Are we just to arrest them when they eventually become the next criminals? Do we continue to send the welfare checks with no restriction? When will we have had enough?

It would seem that the Hatchetts of this world have reverted to a feral animal lifestyle. They have become opportunity breeders. Like other male animals they wander through the herd of females and breed anyone who stops long enough. There is a large segment of our populace who believe we should castrate Desmond and his ilk. They also believe we should take the children away from these irresponsible women and put them in real homes where they might have a chance at a real life. These are indeed harsh solutions.

Others will say we need to educate these people. They need to understand that their actions have consequences. Unfortunately there are none so stupid as those who refuse to learn. Sadly this appears to be the case of Desmond and his “baby mamas.”

If you will be true to yourself and examine this situation without prejudice, you have to conclude that this situation, and others like it, are caused and exacerbated by such liberal fixes as “The Great Society.”  The liberals have spent billions of taxpayer dollars trying to assuage their own guilt under the guise that they are helping the minority community. Some seem to have the belief that if we just keep these people down on the plantation and send along a little money, they will not be a bother to us. The result is that we have created a dependent society who will never grow out of it. We have generations of dependents producing more dependent generations.

Finally, excusing these actions without calling the guilty to account is a crime in and of itself. We are doing this minority community no favor by looking the other way. I know I have some readers from minority groups. I hope you will offer your thoughts. I and many of my fellow taxpayers are fed up.

Ron Scarbro May 23, 2012