Should poor people really have children?

[Spiky_Head]

You clearly have a rather limited understanding of humanity and human nature. What a shame.

 

You clearly have no idea about economics.

What a shame.

 

Let me ask you something, if you were poor and couldnt afford the basics like food, a roof over your head or toothpaste, would you feel its your right to have a child?

Forget the fact you cant pay for it.

Forget the fact that its the taxpayer who will pick up the tab.

Forget it all.

Do you feel it was your right to have a child if you wanted one bad enough?

[Happ Hazzard]

People should only have children if they can afford to succesfully raise them. It should be socially unacceptable to breed fecklessly.

[Halibut]

You clearly have no idea about economics.

What a shame.

 

Let me ask you something, if you were poor and couldnt afford the basics like food, a roof over your head or toothpaste, would you feel its your right to have a child?

Forget the fact you cant pay for it.

Forget the fact that its the taxpayer who will pick up the tab.

Forget it all.

Do you feel it was your right to have a child if you wanted one bad enough?

 

In short, yes. I believe it's a human right to have children.

[Happ Hazzard]

It is a human right to have children, but it is not a human right to have them paid for by other people.

[natjack]

It won'e be long before some stuffed Tory dummy revives this idea from the 1700s:

http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

You do realise this was written as a satire, don't you?

[I1L2T3]

People should only have children if they can afford to succesfully raise them. It should be socially unacceptable to breed fecklessly.

 

What does successfully raising a child mean?

[AdamSmith]

In short, yes. I believe it's a human right to have children.

 

it is most definatly a human right to have children.....but not at the expense of others, but then the ones that bang on about rights usually contribute the least.

[Happ Hazzard]

What does successfully raising a child mean?

Raising them to be financially independent of both their parents and the state.

[Halibut]

Raising them to be financially independent of both their parents and the state.

 

Really? Is that the only criterion you can come up with for a definition of successful?

[MrSmith]

People should only have children if they can afford to succesfully raise them. It should be socially unacceptable to breed fecklessly.

 

Some humans are more selfish than others so wouldn't be that bothered if it was socially unacceptable to breed fecklessly.