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Originally posted by maleficent
There are a lot of people out there who couldn't afford to have children, yet they did anyhow, and most of those kids turned out ok (Least I think I did) You make it work, you might not have brand new sneakers every year, you might not have brand new clothes every year, you might not have filet mignon for dinner every night, but you make it work. (my parents, at no point, ever accepted welfare, they just cut back)
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Then your parents didn't do anything wrong. Had they said to themselves "I can't afford a kid, but I really want one so I'll make the taxpayers pay for it" THEN I'd have a problem with it. And you'd be amazed how many people say just that.
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These people's financial standing have no business being part of this case, and that's where I am drawing my objections.
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Yes, it does, when they have a track record of making others pay for the kids. They've got 4 kids who are being paid for by tax payers already. Their financial situation therefore is quite important in this case.
There is nothing wrong with saying "Until you can take care of the ones you already made, don't make any more."
Freedom of choice is not meant to be used as an excuse to force responsible people to fork over their hard-earned money to irresponsible people. I'll put it another way. If you have no money and you exercise your freedom to choose to have a kid anyway, then I should have the freedom to choose not to have to pay for it. I don't have that choice.