Oct. 26, 2022

Abuse, Trafficking, Assault and Neglect in Texas Foster Care Will Only Get Worse After Abortion Bans

Abuse, Trafficking, Assault and Neglect in Texas Foster Care Will Only Get Worse After Abortion Bans
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Collateral damage to the abortion bans Part 1 of 3: Horrific state of the Foster Care system post Roe v. Wade will turn the system from bad to worse

With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the implications are catastrophic on so many levels. If the baby is born to a mother under the age of 13, how will she legally work? Does this mean the grandmother is given custody? What if the grandmother is unstable? If a 15 year old can't work, doesn't have a place to live, can't pay for diapers, electricity, water or food then where does that life that began at conception go?

Read the related article written by Bella Mars (contains links to references)

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Before I get into the data and the details, it is worth mentioning the following:

  • Not all unplanned pregnancies end in giving the baby up for adoption.
  • Not all unplanned pregnancies are a burden and a strong support system -families, pastors, friends, neighbors - can provide a healthy, happy upbringing full of love.
  • About 1 out of 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage.
  • Adoption services have the best intentions and make every effort to evaluate the home life of the parent(s) to ensure the child has a stable and loving family.
  • Not all foster care situations are the same, and children adopted from foster care can be just as wonderful and well adjusted as any child.
  • The role of Child Protective Services can be very effective in providing a stable life for children.
  • As with anything published online, one instance or example does not represent the entire population of the subject discussed.
  • Anything that is hyperlinked will take you to where the data was sourced.
  • The children are not illegal immigrants. White, Black, Hispanic children make up the majority of the foster care population.
  • There is some sarcasm and opinion based comments.
  • For anything you read with bias or one-sided opinions, it is good to fact check from reputable sources if the source itself if biased.
  • The goal of this article is to provide a different point of view to start the conversation. Never attack anyone personally for their beliefs online or in person.
  • Opposing views are welcome, just be polite.
WEBVTT100:00:00.240 --> 00:00:05.120Trigger warning. The contents of thisepisode has references to subject matter that listeners200:00:05.120 --> 00:00:10.160may find disturbing or triggering of personalpast experiences. For more information referred to300:00:10.199 --> 00:00:20.879the description of the episode, pleaseproceed with caution. Hey everyone, this400:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.519is Bellamers. Thanks for joining meon another episode of Big Time Fresh.500:00:24.760 --> 00:00:28.199This one's going to be a differentone at different vibe, different topic,600:00:28.359 --> 00:00:33.640different everything. I try to stayaway from politics, but this one is700:00:34.200 --> 00:00:39.840not just politics. It's also aboutreproductive rights. So I just wanted to800:00:40.200 --> 00:00:44.159give you one more time a triggerwarning for this episode. Going forward,900:00:44.240 --> 00:00:48.640we will be back to our typicalformat, but this one is important to1000:00:48.679 --> 00:00:52.240me on an important topic, soI definitely wanted to share my perspective.1100:00:52.880 --> 00:01:03.880Um, I will catch you nextweek. When children are removed from their1200:01:03.880 --> 00:01:08.200homes because of abuse and neglect,it's because of extreme abuse and neglect,1300:01:08.519 --> 00:01:12.359and these children have been traumatized.When we take them into our system of1400:01:12.439 --> 00:01:18.959care, that's when we start retraumatizing them, and that's the beginning of1500:01:19.000 --> 00:01:23.799their life and care. All ofus felt like we were criminals. We're1600:01:23.799 --> 00:01:29.599being disciplined for something that our parentsdid. It's like we're money to them,1700:01:29.799 --> 00:01:33.079like you see like Mr Gary wouldcome to work in his corvette.1800:01:33.120 --> 00:01:36.480Well, all of us don't evenhave foodges. I remember one group home1900:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.599and there's literally a boat lock onthe fridge. That lock was always there2000:01:38.640 --> 00:01:42.040unless we had a visitor, whichmeant that we went some nights without eating.2100:01:44.959 --> 00:01:48.560So before we get too far intothe into the story, there's gonna2200:01:48.560 --> 00:01:51.159be a lot to unpack here,and I'm not going to be able to2300:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.159break it down. So I'm notgoing to really be able to break it2400:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.120down all the way. But Iwanted to mention real quick that I'm going2500:01:57.159 --> 00:02:04.120to have a link in the uhin the description of the episode that's going2600:02:04.159 --> 00:02:08.240to have the link to the articlethat I wrote. Because of that article2700:02:09.159 --> 00:02:14.479is where you can find a lotof the sources to where I actually got2800:02:14.479 --> 00:02:20.360the data, but also where Igot the video and or in this case2900:02:20.479 --> 00:02:24.759the audio clips um but with thearticle has the links that you can watch3000:02:25.120 --> 00:02:30.199the actual videos as well. Here'sa little bit more on the foster care3100:02:30.280 --> 00:02:43.840system in the total United States.Sex trafficking of miners is a major problem3200:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.439in group homes, but despite thefact that this is commonly known by both3300:02:46.479 --> 00:02:52.719staff and case workers, underage girlsand boys are able to easily leave the3400:02:52.759 --> 00:02:57.639home at all hours of the dayand night. Once gone, sexual predators3500:02:57.879 --> 00:03:02.759are not far behind. We're thehotel across the street from the group home.3600:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.639The guys would bring the girls here. They buy them alcohol, buy3700:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.759them marijuana, They bring them ina room, they get drunk, they3800:03:10.800 --> 00:03:15.400get HI. Whatever they wanted todo. Our case workers weren't providing for3900:03:15.479 --> 00:03:20.159us. The girls felt that theonly way they were going to get anything4000:03:20.680 --> 00:03:24.560is if they got it themselves.The prostitutes range from twelve to seventeen.4100:03:24.919 --> 00:03:30.520Some girls prostitute for money, Othersprostitute for food. Others prostitute for drugs.4200:03:30.520 --> 00:03:35.000Some prostitute because they think that theperson are with lovesome and being a4300:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.120foster kid, mostly these bill don'tget a lot of love. There's a4400:03:38.159 --> 00:03:42.479ton of foster kids in the systemall over the United States, So I4500:03:42.520 --> 00:03:46.159do want to kind of get someinsight into what it looks like right now4600:03:46.199 --> 00:03:52.719if you did want to become afoster family or or adopt the child.4700:03:53.000 --> 00:03:59.759Here are some of the things thatI found online that we're definitely a resource4800:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.159to use. At the same time, was kind of uh discouraging. I4900:04:04.199 --> 00:04:10.000guess, just the way it's setup like a sergery tool, so you5000:04:10.000 --> 00:04:14.240can go onto the website and searchfor different things that you are looking for5100:04:14.400 --> 00:04:17.839in a child, either to adoptor to to be a foster parent too.5200:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.519And to me, what's what's sadis is that you know again,5300:04:24.600 --> 00:04:30.040I don't even know how. I'msure the chain of command and pointing fingers5400:04:30.040 --> 00:04:34.000and blame is is all over theirplace. But the way it's set up5500:04:34.079 --> 00:04:39.399right now is you can say Iwould like a three year old who is5600:04:39.959 --> 00:04:46.079white, that is that has nobehavioral issues. There's also options to say,5700:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.839yes, I don't mind siblings,I don't mind special needs, I5800:04:50.879 --> 00:04:57.720don't mind if they are they havebehavioral issues. But you can also exclude5900:04:57.759 --> 00:05:00.439those options. So any of theresults that would come up in the database6000:05:00.839 --> 00:05:05.879would show you the children that areavailable to be adopted or to um be6100:05:06.720 --> 00:05:13.519uh so that either to be adoptedor have an opportunity to be a for6200:05:13.600 --> 00:05:18.079you to foster. You can pickand choose from there. So it's just6300:05:18.120 --> 00:05:21.879hard. The pictures are up therewith the kids, all of the information,6400:05:23.000 --> 00:05:27.279a little bit about their background,so it breaks my heart. But6500:05:28.399 --> 00:05:31.839you know, this is why weneed reform. This is this is um.6600:05:31.839 --> 00:05:39.399This is going to get worse becausewith the overturn Roe v. Wade,6700:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.759this is just a reality that's that'sgoing to get worse. So,6800:05:43.639 --> 00:05:50.319um, let's get into the stateof Texas specifically, a federal judge scolded6900:05:50.360 --> 00:05:56.399the people in charge of the Texasfoster care program about unsafe conditions for children.7000:05:56.680 --> 00:06:00.720Oxford Rolling Brown joins us with thestory, LORI, how they're in.7100:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.279One of the cases in question,a caretaker put two girls in a7200:06:03.360 --> 00:06:08.079hotel while she went out of state. She then asked two men to go7300:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.279and check on them, and themen assaulted the girls. It's one of7400:06:11.319 --> 00:06:16.199the many failures that the judge reviewedtoday. This has been going on for7500:06:16.279 --> 00:06:21.279eleven years now because of how badthe foster care system is in Texas.7600:06:21.439 --> 00:06:29.040The state of Texas has been inlitigation against Greg Abbott for not doing anything7700:06:29.720 --> 00:06:35.040or not addressing what needs to bedone. Eleven years okay, and because7800:06:35.879 --> 00:06:44.720it's so dangerous and there's no solutionsthat Texas is providing. Guess who else7900:06:44.839 --> 00:06:48.480they're shipping out of state? Oh, kids, They're shipping foster kids.8000:06:48.839 --> 00:06:54.480Foster children are being shipped. AndI say shipped because that's what they say8100:06:54.480 --> 00:07:00.040everybody else, they're being taken outof state. Two. The example I8200:07:00.120 --> 00:07:05.319have here from the source that Ihave here, uh, two point one8300:07:05.399 --> 00:07:14.160million dollars in was put for childrento move out of state into a different8400:07:14.199 --> 00:07:18.240foster care system in another state.Oh. That sounds exactly like how much8500:07:18.319 --> 00:07:28.199money it took for uh for theSantis to fly those Venezuelans who were not8600:07:28.519 --> 00:07:33.360here illegally, they were seeking asylum. They did it legally and they sat,8700:07:33.439 --> 00:07:36.639you know, let's fly him overto Martha's vineyards. That was about8800:07:36.639 --> 00:07:46.040two million dollars right. Recently,one of these instances here a prairie harbor8900:07:46.120 --> 00:07:51.120foster home m a prairie hard harborfoster home. So that foster home on9000:07:51.680 --> 00:07:59.639its own, uh, showed thestructural deficiencies that violated the General Classes fourteenth9100:07:59.680 --> 00:08:05.360the men meant right to be freefrom an unreasonable risk of harm. Let's9200:08:05.360 --> 00:08:13.839go to twenty nine. Let's goto the number of suspected unconfirmed incidents of9300:08:13.279 --> 00:08:26.199sex trafficking. Number of confirmed incidencesof sex trafficking in Texas for the children9400:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.559for the Department of Family Protective Services. Okay, in one year, one9500:08:33.759 --> 00:08:41.600one eight numbers of confirmed incidents ofsex trafficking in for children involved with the9600:08:41.840 --> 00:08:50.039for the Department of Family and ProtectiveServices. Here are some examples. A9700:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.759woman who was sexually abused children atone facility was fired from one that facility,9800:08:54.840 --> 00:08:58.720but then was hired by a differentfastic care facility for victims of sex9900:08:58.759 --> 00:09:05.440track picking and soliciting, selling andselling news of the girls in her care10000:09:07.000 --> 00:09:13.080subs and this is from the ruling. Subsequent sexual aggression manifestation as child on10100:09:13.279 --> 00:09:20.879child sexual or physical abuse is alsoquote typical, common and widespread throughout Texas10200:09:20.879 --> 00:09:30.360foster care. Another former foster childname uh I'm gonna leave out the name,10300:09:30.639 --> 00:09:35.200testified that sexual assault between foster childrenwas a common thing in big group10400:09:35.240 --> 00:09:43.519homes where caregivers were simply not ableto watch everyone. So the judge who's10500:09:43.559 --> 00:09:50.320still on the case, uh,Judge Judge Janice Jack has been on this10600:09:50.440 --> 00:09:54.519class action lawsuit for these alas forthese last eleven years. In her scathing10700:09:54.600 --> 00:10:00.879three fifty five page ruling, JudgeJack reprimanded the state for running a system10800:10:00.879 --> 00:10:07.200where rape, abuse, psychotropic medication, and instability are the norm, where10900:10:07.279 --> 00:10:13.960children are almost uniformly leave the statecustody custody more damaged than when they entered.11000:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.960Federal Judge Janis Jack told leaders withthe Texas Department of Family and Protective11100:10:22.000 --> 00:10:26.240Services that their actions have been shameful. She voiced her frustration with the lack11200:10:26.279 --> 00:10:31.919of controls to keep workers accused ofwrongdoing at one facility for being rehired elsewhere.11300:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.799One example, an employee with therefuge a care facility and bash drop11400:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.960for child victims of sex trafficking.The employee allegedly exploited child residents, selling11500:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.799nude photos of them and using themoney to provide alcohol and drugs to the11600:10:43.840 --> 00:10:48.879miners. The judge questioned why therewas no state database to show that employee11700:10:50.000 --> 00:10:54.000had previously been terminated by the juvenilejustice system, and response, state leaders11800:10:54.039 --> 00:10:58.519told Judge Jack their access to certainfiles is restricted under state law. Paul11900:10:58.600 --> 00:11:03.159yet Or, the attorney who broughtthe case against the state's foster care system,12000:11:03.399 --> 00:11:09.679said that needs to change. Uh, the lawsuit that was filed against12100:11:09.720 --> 00:11:15.480the crag Abbott and it's like thefourth or this is on the eleventh year,12200:11:15.559 --> 00:11:20.159so it was either a response orsanctions. I don't know. I'm12300:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.559so sorry, but um it's threehundred and fifty five pages. Right at12400:11:24.600 --> 00:11:31.360the end of those, at theend of the on three one of civil12500:11:31.399 --> 00:11:39.480action number two eleven CB zero zerozero eight four, he says teachers were12600:11:39.519 --> 00:11:45.039not present in two of the classroomsduring three of the days the monitoring team12700:11:45.200 --> 00:11:50.480visited, and the school district didnot provide substitutes, So students were just12800:11:50.679 --> 00:11:56.000chilling. Uh, they were playingcards and sleeping under death and and um12900:11:56.559 --> 00:12:01.399and playing games. So the picturethey took is of um, some of13000:12:01.399 --> 00:12:05.639the kids that were sleeping on thefloor because there was no substitute teacher.13100:12:09.000 --> 00:12:16.799So the judge, the judge whohas been on this case for the eleven13200:12:16.879 --> 00:12:22.120years that it's been in existence,it says they planned to have plans to13300:12:22.240 --> 00:12:30.000levy substantial finds after Texas failed tocomply with court ordered fixes to its foster13400:12:30.080 --> 00:12:37.679care system. Uh, the Abbottthe Abbott's Administration's lack of competence and failed13500:12:37.720 --> 00:12:43.879promises were all part of the TexasSupreme Court's decision to hold them in contempt13600:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.120of court with the three page ruling. Okay, that's what that was.13700:12:48.240 --> 00:12:58.519It was a ruling. And sothis executive order for the Family First Prevention13800:12:58.720 --> 00:13:05.799Services Act was signed into or thisit was an executive order signed in by13900:13:05.799 --> 00:13:15.320President Trump with bipartisan support to quotestrengthen America's child welfare system by signing a14000:13:15.600 --> 00:13:22.399historic executive order aimed at improving outcomesfor children and families. This executive order14100:13:22.440 --> 00:13:28.159focuses on three key areas of action, improving partnerships, improving resources, and14200:13:28.279 --> 00:13:37.080improving oversight. However, the stateof Texas is failing children and families in14300:13:37.159 --> 00:13:43.840Texas. Therefore, Texas is goingto lose seventeen point four million in federal14400:13:43.919 --> 00:13:50.600support and in two and twenty fivepoint six million in three because it's not14500:13:50.799 --> 00:13:58.000compliant with the Family First Prevention ServicesAct. Yeah. So this is something14600:13:58.360 --> 00:14:05.799Trump put into UH as an executiveorder, which is wonderful. Um,14700:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.639but his buddy Abbott is not like, oh okay, great, I don't14800:14:09.679 --> 00:14:13.200care. So because of that,he lost, he's about to lose.14900:14:13.799 --> 00:14:22.000I don't know if he has ord, but the article says he was um15000:14:22.200 --> 00:14:30.279supposedly about to lose seventeen point fourmillion dollars and federal support in two and15100:14:30.320 --> 00:14:35.519twenty five point six million because he'snot compliant with the Family First Prevention Services15200:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.799at So it's his fault. He'snot doing what he was supposed to do,15300:14:39.919 --> 00:14:43.679and he's not he's not filling therequirements that needs to be filled to15400:14:43.039 --> 00:14:48.440in order for these fundings. Thatmakes sense. I guess how many children15500:14:48.480 --> 00:14:58.120are staying in unlicensed foster homes inTexas? Over four hundred If you look15600:14:58.159 --> 00:15:09.000back in ten, it was aboutless than fifty twenty eighteen, probably about15700:15:09.039 --> 00:15:15.720ten right now on a legal situationthat has been ongoing for about a decade15800:15:15.919 --> 00:15:20.559accusing Texas of running an unsafe fostercare system, and this week a state15900:15:20.639 --> 00:15:26.000judge says that she's still unsatisfied despitechanges that have been made even up into16000:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.960the last few months, so shewill soon start slapping the state with some16100:15:30.120 --> 00:15:35.320massive fine similar to what happened backin She says the system is still a16200:15:35.399 --> 00:15:39.960dangerous system for the more than thirtythousand children in its care, so much16300:15:39.000 --> 00:15:43.440so that she sees it as aviolation of constitutional rights. How So,16400:15:43.840 --> 00:15:48.440well, the judge has acknowledged afew facts. There's a high rate of16500:15:48.519 --> 00:15:52.120sexual abuse, with the court findingas many as one in four kids have16600:15:52.360 --> 00:15:56.440been victims. There's a lack ofpermanent housing, with children being housed in16700:15:56.519 --> 00:16:02.039motels and office buildings. There's alack of background checks on foster care employees16800:16:02.279 --> 00:16:07.159and poor follow up for foster familieswho are not following regulations. The judge16900:16:07.159 --> 00:16:12.440says she's sick of hearing horror storiesthat she feels were preventable. And we17000:16:12.519 --> 00:16:17.000begin tonight with the story that you'llonly see here on Fox. An employee17100:16:17.000 --> 00:16:21.759with Child Protective Services is caught oncamera telling a fourteen year old girl in17200:16:21.840 --> 00:16:26.080foster care to become a prostitute.In the video, she tells the CPS17300:16:26.120 --> 00:16:30.919employee she wants food. The CPSworker tells her to be APPROPS. There's17400:16:30.039 --> 00:16:34.639all of this going on, thissexual abuse, this sleeping on floors,17500:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.799these you know, kids coming inworse, leaving worse than they came in.17600:16:40.519 --> 00:16:45.919UM. In some cases, Ithink only sixty two of the children17700:16:45.960 --> 00:16:51.000who come in as group sibling groupsactually get placed as siblings into the same17800:16:51.039 --> 00:16:55.720foster care, into the same fosterhome. That's just traumatic in itself.17900:16:56.519 --> 00:17:03.799UM. But now, not toolong ago, remember this, remember this18000:17:03.880 --> 00:17:11.359press release investigating gender transitioning procedures aschild abuse. Because the Texas Department of18100:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.960Family and Protective Services is responsible forprotecting children from Abuse. I hereby direct18200:17:17.039 --> 00:17:22.960your agency to conduct a prompt andthorough investigation of every any reported instance of18300:17:22.720 --> 00:17:29.359instances of these abusive procedures in theState of Texas, says the Letter to18400:17:29.480 --> 00:17:34.799Protect Children from Abuse DFPS and allother state agencies much followed must follow the18500:17:34.880 --> 00:17:44.200law as explained in OG opinion numberKP zero four zero one. Um,18600:17:44.400 --> 00:17:48.279why don't you fix the problems thatyou already have before making it worse from18700:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.440people that don't even need to beUM investigated? Why would you take why18800:17:52.440 --> 00:17:59.079would you investigate somebody like step back, take everything out of it, take18900:17:59.119 --> 00:18:06.720all the bullish it of trams andwhatever. If a child is happy in19000:18:06.759 --> 00:18:11.440their home with warm and loving parents, why would you take them away and19100:18:11.480 --> 00:18:19.559put them into an overly it's overcapacity? Uh, sexual abuse rampant,19200:18:21.640 --> 00:18:26.519Uh, sleeping on the floor.Look, environment, why would you put19300:18:26.519 --> 00:18:32.559them environment? Then you're making themworse. All of the kids are worse.19400:18:34.079 --> 00:18:38.920Okay, So let me wrap thisup because I'm just I'm just getting19500:18:40.079 --> 00:18:44.720pissed now this one in particular.I'm just gonna read through to here's some19600:18:44.759 --> 00:18:49.480more facts. Sixti percent of siblingsand foster care were placed together at one19700:18:49.480 --> 00:18:55.839of the foster Cares at home fostercare facilities in San Antonio. Foster Care19800:18:55.960 --> 00:19:02.240Shelter had two thirty nine citations thatwere documented finding of abuse, self harm,19900:19:02.240 --> 00:19:07.079medical neglect, and sexual allegations.Texas has yet to come up with20000:19:07.119 --> 00:19:11.200a way to track where children infoster care are placed. In one thousand,20100:19:11.319 --> 00:19:15.960seven hundred sixty seven children and youwere missing at some point during the20200:19:15.039 --> 00:19:21.359year, within the Department of Familyand Protective Services, they were one eight20300:19:21.640 --> 00:19:26.359confirmed cases of sex trafficking. Umthat I said that one earlier, So,20400:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.200uh, this one's sex the mostand I need to do a little20500:19:30.200 --> 00:19:37.440bit research. It was in areputable news um from a reputable news article.20600:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.039I personally want to go through thestate budget because all of that's public20700:19:41.079 --> 00:19:45.200online. So if you go throughthe states where they spend all the money,20800:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.319it's it's probably in there. It'sjust data I need to go through.20900:19:48.839 --> 00:19:57.559But here's here's where it is.Uh. In Governor Abbott took thirty21000:19:57.559 --> 00:20:03.240one million from the state's Juvenile Justicefund so that he could pay for Operation21100:20:03.359 --> 00:20:11.359Loan Star, sending National Guard tothe southern border of Texas. Governor Greg21200:20:11.400 --> 00:20:17.799Abbott redirected five hundred million from otheragencies to fund Border Security Mission, taking21300:20:17.839 --> 00:20:23.720funding from two hundred and ten millionfrom the state's Health and Human Services Commission21400:20:23.799 --> 00:20:30.279over two years and about a hundredsixty million from the Texas Department of Public21500:20:30.359 --> 00:20:38.839Safety. Operation loan Star cost Texastaxpayers two million dollars a year. Uh21600:20:40.119 --> 00:20:44.480So this this is the way beyond, This is way beyond a problem of21700:20:45.480 --> 00:20:51.599uh, reproductive healthcare. I wouldn'thave an abortion because I don't want to21800:20:51.599 --> 00:20:55.640have a child. This is areality that they didn't. They need to21900:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.920fix on the other end, orat least addressed on the other end.22000:20:59.400 --> 00:21:04.680If if a child can't if achild has to have a child, uh,22100:21:04.720 --> 00:21:08.880if a child is forced to givebirth not old enough to work,22200:21:10.480 --> 00:21:15.319the does a grandmother have to takecustody? Uh? If the grandmother can't22300:21:15.359 --> 00:21:21.119take custody and nobody else in thefamily can take custody, then I assume22400:21:21.200 --> 00:21:26.400the child goes to CPS. Right, Um, so what's the plan there?22500:21:26.440 --> 00:21:33.279And then also the minimum wage inTexas is seven dollars and twenty five22600:21:33.400 --> 00:21:41.400cents an hour. So okay,how are you supposed to buy diapers?22700:21:41.160 --> 00:21:45.960Which are like I don't know Idon't know, I don't remember, but22800:21:45.039 --> 00:21:49.160they're like twenty bucks at least amonth. I think they're like forty bucks22900:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.680a month. So how are yousupposed to buy that? Um if you23000:21:52.920 --> 00:22:02.039physically aren't able to breastfeed, whichwas my case formula. Uh, how23100:22:02.039 --> 00:22:07.160are you supposed to go take careof the baby with no money if you23200:22:07.160 --> 00:22:10.319can't pay for electricity or a placeto live? Like, there's a lot23300:22:10.319 --> 00:22:15.559of assumptions that there's gonna be peopleto support, but clearly not the state23400:22:15.559 --> 00:22:21.839of Texas because Medicaid is one ofthe things that they decided not to um23500:22:22.119 --> 00:22:26.440extend like the rest of this,like most of the states in the United23600:22:26.480 --> 00:22:32.039States, So there's no there's noplan um. So what I think should23700:22:32.039 --> 00:22:37.119happen is that every single man inthe United States should be forced to have23800:22:37.200 --> 00:22:42.079a vasectomy and when they're ready tohave children, they can get it reversed.23900:22:42.839 --> 00:22:45.640Problem solved. Then we don't haveto deal with any of this.24000:22:47.319 --> 00:22:49.599Okay, So how old are you? Six? Team? Great? Time24100:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.960for you to get a vasectomy.You have no choice, no choice for24200:22:53.000 --> 00:22:56.880you, Uh, no choice inyour body. So vasectomy for you.24300:22:56.960 --> 00:23:03.759They're reversible, So it's okay.Vasectomy sixteen, when you're ready to start24400:23:03.799 --> 00:23:10.720a family, you come back andwe'll get that vasectomy reverse. Um,24500:23:10.920 --> 00:23:14.920And so you let, okay,it's reverse. You've had kids and now24600:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.440you need a viagra. Oh,we're not going to have that anymore.24700:23:18.480 --> 00:23:26.359It's not a thing because viagra leavesto children. Viagra results in and pregnancy.24800:23:26.359 --> 00:23:32.640That's what it does, medication thatcauses pregnancy. Now, clearly i'm24900:23:32.640 --> 00:23:36.960being sarcastic, but let's say this, Um, this, this is okay.25000:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.640If the solution is women can't controlit, then the solution is men25100:23:41.160 --> 00:23:48.799shouldn't be able to either. Somen at sixteen years old must get a25200:23:48.920 --> 00:23:53.119vasectomy, and when they are readyto have children, then they can go25300:23:53.400 --> 00:24:02.599get the procedure reversed. Problem solved. Right when you're older and you can't25400:24:03.240 --> 00:24:07.440and you can't get an erection,well that's fine. It doesn't matter.25500:24:07.799 --> 00:24:11.160You're not trying to have a kid, right since the only reason to have25600:24:11.240 --> 00:24:15.519sex is to have a kid,So why do you even need it if25700:24:15.519 --> 00:24:18.319you want to have a kid.Maybe until you get somebody pregnant and then25800:24:18.359 --> 00:24:23.799we'll take you back off of it. So that's my solution. Um,25900:24:23.839 --> 00:24:26.640thanks for listening. I had torance about this one. I couldn't take26000:24:26.640 --> 00:24:30.359it anymore. I still can't takeit. And I don't understand why this26100:24:30.440 --> 00:24:34.680isn't a this isn't this isn't inthe news. What is happening after the26200:24:34.720 --> 00:24:40.000fact. We need to look evenif we look one year forward, what26300:24:40.039 --> 00:24:42.799are the implications one year forward?And I'm gonna be talking about that and26400:24:42.799 --> 00:24:48.640writing up about that after I domy data nerd research. Um, the26500:24:48.000 --> 00:24:52.920cost to the taxpayers. There's noway this money is gonna come out of26600:24:52.920 --> 00:25:00.559nowhere. Someone's gotta pay for it. We were supposed Texas with supposed to26700:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.559get help to pay for it fromthe federal government, but they didn't follow26800:25:03.599 --> 00:25:07.119the rules. Okay, so taxpayersare going to have to fill that gap.26900:25:07.480 --> 00:25:11.759There's just no way around it.People need to think forward. So27000:25:11.000 --> 00:25:17.839again my solution, this is mysolution. At sixteen, all men need27100:25:17.880 --> 00:25:22.079to get vasectomys. When they're readyto have children, they can get reversed27200:25:22.519 --> 00:25:26.200and then um older. If they'renot able to get it up, they27300:25:26.200 --> 00:25:32.799can have their viagra, but onlyif they're trying to get pregnant. Otherwise,27400:25:33.279 --> 00:25:36.559no viagra for you. And assoon as you have that child,27500:25:37.440 --> 00:25:41.759you get off of viagra, andas soon as you're done having children in27600:25:41.799 --> 00:25:48.839general, you get that vasectomy again. And we're on the same page anyway.27700:25:48.960 --> 00:25:56.240UM, please subscribe, like uh, follow me on Instagram. It's27800:25:56.680 --> 00:26:03.160Big Time Fresh as always. Iappreciate you. Thanks again, guys,27900:26:03.200 --> 00:26:07.400this has been Bella from Big TimeFresh and I will see you next time.28000:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.519Thanks for listening. If you likewhat you heard, check out Cross28100:26:11.559 --> 00:26:15.880the Streams Media dot com to hearmore episodes of this podcast and the other28200:26:15.960 --> 00:26:21.039shows on the Cross the Streams network. Don't forget to subscribe, rate,28300:26:21.119 --> 00:26:26.119and review on Apple Podcasts or whereveryou download your favorite shows. 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