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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't think there's a big societal problem with people choosing to have children they believe they cannot afford, but I agree that everyone should have health insurance and that health insurance should include birth control.
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I think it's a huge problem. It's the cause of a lot of student loan deficiencies (mom and dad had five kids, which means, where they could have put two through college, instead, all will take out loans). It's a huge cause of multi-generational welfare (born to a single mom on welfare, chances are you'll spend life a ward of the state). It's a huge drag on entitlements (the kids born to these households wind up on a litany of programs that cost taxpayers significant money). It's a huge cause of our environmental problems (a single human probably does more damage to the environment over his life than a herd of cattle).
We're running into a resource shortage. We'll have nine billion people on the planet by 2050. It's creepy to say it this way, but also accurate: We should try to maximize bang for the buck on every human born. This necessarily involves a process of trying to avoid the birth of those who'd have to be "carried." I don't know how you do that, but again - talking about it's a start.
