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Lots of people I know have lots of children but make very little money. When I asked them why they had so many children when neither the mother or father made much money, they basically told me that money and income should not be a consideration when deciding how large your family is. They say children are a gift from God and if the children are born everyone should welcome them to the world and society will help support them. They believe that even though they are poor financially they have just as much right to bring lots of babies into the world as someone who is rich.
If you are parents would you agree that society (taxpayers) have a obligation to help bring up your children because our country needs a younger generation from all kinds of people (rich and poor)? Would your financial situation impact your decision to have a larger family? In other words, should only rich parents be able to have a very large family?
(* The other side would say that it is wrong to have babies if they know the taxpayer is going to support them)
It's no different than robbing people. Many kids is great as long as the parent works to feed and clothe them.
If you want to have 1,2,3,....10,20,etc kids, fine by me...but when you can't feed them don't come running to Social Services saying you need 800$ in food stamps. You are responsible for the actions that led to the child birth and if you can't handle it or get a job/better job, you need to hand over your kids to someone who can.
Never heard that before. Do you have some facts to back up your opinion?
Have you heard of the Pope? The guy in the pointy hat?
Before the Quiet Revolution, the Catholic families had more kids than they could possibly feed.
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