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Originally posted by Freedom ERP
Should everyone have the right to breed automatically?
phoenixhasrisin
there has been the acknowledgement of a certain class of people who have absolutely nothing to offer society, nothing that is except the offspring that they produce.
Originally posted by Freedom ERP
Should everyone have the right to breed automatically?
I believe the State should license you to have children.
Originally posted by riley
How do you think the state should enforce this? Any ideas? China hasn't exactly faired well with their one child policy.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I'm with the libra 100% on this one. (well, except for the monkey part)
Originally posted by chissler
Allowing some government office to play god and determine who can and can not have children is wrong on so many levels. I'm actually surprised this notion has garnered any support.
Originally posted by thelibra
As for the punishment of breeding without a license, I should think the punishment would be obvious: the child would receive zero government benefits until a fairly-priced subscription to those services were paid for. For chronic offenders, sterilization or banishment of the offender would be neccessary.
Originally posted by chissler
To reference this deterrent, I ask this question. Is it necessary to punish the child for the behaviour of their parents? If the parents are guilty of conceiving a child with out the proper documentation, is it appropriate to withhold funds that would of went towards food, diapers, clothing, etc., for the child?
Originally posted by sdcigarpig
No, but it could be concievable to take the child away and place it with a family who was more than willing to take care of the child and then steralize the parents.
Originally posted by sdcigarpig
I also know that in the US, alot of the tax's go into the welfare system so that we can take care of children that were ill concieved by the parents or a mother who wants to keep having children so she can recieve welfare checks. Consider this, a mother with 3 children, has rental assistance, living in a nice place, food assistance, able to eat steaks, free medical, while those who make it possible for her to take care of her children are just barely able to make ends meet.
Originally posted by Freedom ERP
I believe the State should license you to have children.