So basically, you would create a law that is completely unenforceable.
I'm not talking about giving them condoms or some pills or something. I'm talking about a shot. Also, it's not a "law"... It would merely be a condition of recieving the check.
As far as what "problem"? It would be addressing the "cycle" of poverty that we see.
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"A society that puts equality ... ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom."
You're making it sound like poor people get rich by having kids. The old "welfare mom" stereotype. Newsflash, the kids cost more than the extra subsidies. The "incentives" you're talking about don't even exist.
I most certainly am not saying anyone gets rich from having kids. We do however greatly soften the financial blow to an individual (thus "incentivizing") who has had a child. If they do not feel the financial sting then they will be less thoughtful of the repercussions. We do not want to starve kids so we help them out further. I would like to see a process that stops this from happening.
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"A society that puts equality ... ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom."
You bet that 15 to 20 years of birth control as a condition of receiving money will "DRASTICALLY" reduce poverty. If there was a moral way of taking that bet, I would.
So you don't think it would impact poverty over the long run?
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"A society that puts equality ... ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom."
I most certainly am not saying anyone gets rich from having kids. We do however greatly soften the financial blow to an individual (thus "incentivizing") who has had a child. If they do not feel the financial sting then they will be less thoughtful of the repercussions. We do not want to starve kids so we help them out further. I would like to see a process that stops this from happening.
It would be cheaper and more effective for the public to provide birth control to anyone who wants it.
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