Hi, I just want to react to Maggie's "It's sad that our tax dollars will still feed you for years to come" (versus death penalty being cheaper). This is an ill informed point of view. To quote a part of an article on the matter: "Even though many may feel it an inappropriate argument to equate a human life to the expense incurred by the taxpayer to keep that person alive, we have probably all heard someone proclaim in favor of executions that they “do not know why we should have to pay to keep a killer alive!” A compelling argument to some, a total missing of the point to others. Either way, those who rely on this argument are often surprised to find out that it actually costs more (a lot more) to execute someone than to keep them in prison for the rest of their lives. And, it is a point that may have an impact on the death penalty argument from a government point of view, as well.
Much to the surprise of many who, logically, would assume that shortening someone's life should be cheaper than paying for it until natural expiration, it turns out that it is actually cheaper to imprison someone for life than to execute them. In fact, it is almost 10 times cheaper!" Greetings Robert, Julia
Never been to Cleveland or been a parent, so I can't claim to know how to help. But there are two organizations that help young mothers in the area: Mom's First and YoungLives. There's always PlannedParenthood too.
Maybe you or your brother could write to them to ask for help?
Cleveland YoungLives: Young Life Cleveland Yng Lives PO Box 202654 Cleveland, OH 44120-8127
Mom's First (Bridjetta Levison-Steele, MomsFirst Supervisor): MAY DUGAN CENTER 4115 Bridge Avenue Cleveland, OH 44113
You can write a letter to Watch D.O.G.S., an organization by fathers for fathers, for some real-life parenting tips.
WATCH D.O.G.S. 1600 West Sunset Ave., Suite B Springdale, AR 72762
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Much to the surprise of many who, logically, would assume that shortening someone's life should be cheaper than paying for it until natural expiration, it turns out that it is actually cheaper to imprison someone for life than to execute them. In fact, it is almost 10 times cheaper!" Greetings Robert, Julia
Maybe you or your brother could write to them to ask for help?
Cleveland YoungLives:
Young Life Cleveland Yng Lives
PO Box 202654
Cleveland, OH 44120-8127
Mom's First (Bridjetta Levison-Steele, MomsFirst Supervisor):
MAY DUGAN CENTER
4115 Bridge Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113
You can write a letter to Watch D.O.G.S., an organization by fathers for fathers, for some real-life parenting tips.
WATCH D.O.G.S.
1600 West Sunset Ave., Suite B
Springdale, AR 72762
Best of luck!