Wasn't her justification...
That she just wanted lots of kids? If you want to spend time with kids become a teacher, NOT a drain on society.
/firingsquad
(, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 12:15, Reply)
'Cept
All kids are a drain to begin with. And then they start paying taxes and contributing to the economy. There's also tax paid on the things they have bought for them. So, overall, they aren't a drain. They're contributors.
There's nothing to say (as far as I know) that the kids were conceived on the Medicare budget.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 12:18,
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I think that the actual consideration
should be on how she raises the kids. The snap judgement is that if that it "just feels wrong", drain on society, financially not sound, etc, but if we succumb to that, we may as well get a radio show on LBC.
As you mentioned, the statistics would show that overall the kids will be an asset, and not a drain on society. That's as long as they are raised and cared for, and encouraged to become members of society. If they suffer neglect because of their situation, then they are more likely to be a continued drain in adult life.
Surely then the debate should not be about whether a person has the right to have lots of kids, but on whether they (will be/are being) a decent, caring parent. I think that has more to do with the moral fibre of the parent. (If we wanted to be fair, we would have to run statistics models on numberofsiblings/qualityoflaterlife and base judgement on that).
Big families used to be more common, and people where less financially secure (my my grandparents raised 9 kids, my greatuncle/aunt had 12).
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masakatsu best of all the burger meats, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 12:55,
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Ain't he cute?
Well no he ain't, he's just another burden on the welfare state
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The Coast Of Yemen, Thu 12 Feb 2009, 12:49,
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