r/facepalm Aug 27 '24

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u/TheLoneGunman559 Aug 27 '24

Don't worry! Texas a has safety net in place for these kinds of things! They were prepared!

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u/HellishChildren Aug 27 '24

Texas turned CPS into horror show and that wasn't an accident. They've been putting foster children in unlicensed facilities for years, including facilities out of state, on the other side of the US.

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u/heyuhitsyaboi Aug 27 '24 edited Aug 27 '24

had to google this because holy hell

from US Congressman Colin Allred:

There are about 9,000 children in long-term custody of the state, and an average of 80 children per month were staying in unlicensed and unsafe housing last year. This includes poorly supervised motels rife with sex trafficking, leaving already vulnerable children exposed to abuse. In the past three years, there have been 2,100 serious incidents involving these children without placement, including death, abuse and neglect.
Source: allred.house.gov

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u/UsefulSummer4937 Aug 27 '24

Uhm. Am I alone in thinking this sounds like Texas wants more babies for sex trafficking... Because that's sure as f what it looks like to me...

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u/mirrorspirit Aug 28 '24

They just want more babies. Once babies get older, they start to lose their appeal and start having opinions and preferences and flaws. They start acting like people instead of voiceless props. So the only solution to this is to toss aside these flawed, uncooperative people and bring in more babies.

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u/Ghoulscomecrawling Aug 28 '24

Gotta keep those jails full so Uncle Ted gets his fat check.

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u/Tocwa Aug 28 '24

Since when have babies been โ€œvoicelessโ€? Them got serious lungs on em when they be crying!

When has a baby ever been known to โ€œcooperateโ€โ”

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u/mirrorspirit Aug 29 '24

They're situationally voiceless when an adult can talk over the baby about what they want and what their opinion is. For example, "Kids don't want free lunches because they'll feel too ashamed to accept them."

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u/Tocwa Aug 29 '24

When I was a kid, I had zero problem with free stuff..

but I do get what you mean by that ๐Ÿค”

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u/twitwiffle Aug 28 '24

Or unending stock of underpaid, undereducated minimum wage workers.