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Originally posted by Strange Famous
Either it is your duty or the children that are uncared for shall starve... I believe you and most people prefer to take responsibility when that is the choice.
As a society I think we all have a responsibility for each other.
if America can afford a war with Iraq I think it can afford to provide for children who's parents can't look after them.
When you think about, what is the option? The only way you can effectively stop people who are too poor or otherwise not fit to look after their kids from producing more children is forced sterilisation, or forced abortions.
I for one would rather pay a few extra dollars (or pounds in my case) than live in a society like that., or any society where the state is permitted to tell people they cannot have sex, or that they must not have children (the parents could well be catholic and thus unable to use contraception?)
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sorry, I pay enough taxes for programs that I don't benefit from already...
First Public Schools, fine. I'll pay for that because an educated person uses less programs in the future.
WIC - Women Infant Children welfare program, I pay into that specifically because I live in NYC, sure, that's fine.
how many more programs do I have to pay into because someone else can't be responsible? these people were specifically drug users, the money they spent on drugs should have been spent on the 4 kids they have. Why should I have to continue to pay for someone else's misdeeds?
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