Rather than removing the benefits to single mums as discussed, I would much rather we never had the benefits in the first place. But as a result, we now have total dependency from certain sections of the community - removing from someone something what was taken for granted is far crueller than never offering them that in the first place. I would hate to be a mum that's lost her hubby via death or similar - it's a tough world out there right now with accommodation and creche costs, etc. I would like to think that as a society that we could offer back up to our citizens when hardship really hit them.
Yet, what we don't want is to disincentivize individuals from being responsible citizens by offering them handouts instead of the need to work. The mums we now have that have a different father for each of their children is alarming, and is a direct result of the flawed system that's been in place for too long. What's even worse is that the kids from these mums would very likely be even bigger blights on society when adults, with crime and antisocial behaviour being a greater possibility than normal.
There's some mums out there though that are going to really be hurt from all this - and they are probably the ones that have really tried their best to do the right thing by all. The system is wrong and needs overhauling.
