I have written about the legalization and taxation of marijuana. My point always seems to be that there is money to be made, and considering how much the government wastes, you would think that marijuana would be the quickest and easiest way to do it. That brings me to this next topic....the hundreds of millions of dollars the government has spent on abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Per the news story that I have read on AOL and MSN, 9 out of 10 people have engaged in premarital sex. I am not going to go into all of the statistics, if you want to know them you can go and read them. My concern is obviously that the money that is being spent on these programs is being absolutely wasted (that would be putting it mildly). Instead of spending this money on telling people between the ages of 12-29 not to have sex, maybe they should be spending that money on education on how to protect themselves against teenage pregnancies and diseases. Or better yet, not only teach them safe sex, but spend half of that money on teaching kids on how to balance a check book and financial responsibility in the real world so we don't have so many repos and high interest loans and people in low income neighborhoods being taken advantage of by mortgage companies.

Oh wait, I am wanting our government to be in charge of a program that teaches financial responsibilty? Maybe they should just stick to safe sex....
dawninthemorning Reviewed by dawninthemorning on . Federal Grants for Teaching No Sex til Marriage I have written about the legalization and taxation of marijuana. My point always seems to be that there is money to be made, and considering how much the government wastes, you would think that marijuana would be the quickest and easiest way to do it. That brings me to this next topic....the hundreds of millions of dollars the government has spent on abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Per the news story that I have read on AOL and MSN, 9 out of 10 people have engaged in premarital sex. Rating: 5