Population Control and Gov't Assistance

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  • yield2me wrote:
    I'm not suggesting that these children should not exist. What I'm saying is that we should not enable these kids to have babies for the purpose of collecting a paycheck which is what is happening.

    YES!!! Please think about the "we" in your statement above, and then whose body you're proposing to alter.

    If you do not want these people collecting paychecks for their babies, stop writing the checks.
    I think there should be stipulations on the programs themselves. People seeking gov't assistance should have to hold a job, or their kids should have to complete high school to be eligible for the money etc. Those are just examples, not saying that is exactly what should be done but there should be some sort of accountability to receiving free money from the government.

    There should be some sort of accountability in handing out that money, as well. Personally, I do not wish to put myself in a situation where I have to account for any kind of forced sterilization of another human being.
  • surferdude wrote:
    I know it's irrational but I have a serious hate on for guys who don't step up to the plate and be a good parent. After I see the aftermath in the kids lives I really don't care about the father's rights.

    Then you've gone too far.

    I am in no way defending the actions of dirtbag fathers. I'm simply asserting that I will not become his equal.
  • 1970RR1970RR Posts: 281
    While in practice and reality I don't agree with it....

    It's not really forced, because no one is forcing them to ask for governmental assistance...they are choosing and it would be their choice.
    So what happens when people avoid governmental assistance due to these "surgeries" and are pursued for failing to provide for their offspring? Due we confiscate the kids or force the surgery & benefits?
  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    People should be legally able to have as many children as they want.

    But, if they decide to have more than they can support and they ask the government for help, then with the support from the government they must also be required to have their tubes tied or a visectomy for men.

    The easy answer? Don't ask the fucking government for help. But, if you REALLY REALLY need it, then you can't have anymore babies.

    Say you are breezing right along through life, leading the American dream and then it ceases to be. Your children are about to starve. Should they just come and kill your children because you can't support them? Seems like this is where you are heading. Not my fault your company laid you off and now you can't make ends meet to feed your kids. Why should the onus be on my tax dollar. Lop their bloody heads off the parasites they have now become.
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  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    Then you've gone too far.

    I am in no way defending the actions of dirtbag fathers. I'm simply asserting that I will not become his equal.
    I'm not really either. But an afternoon with a baseball I might go for. I'm all for freedoms and finding ways to hold people responsible and accountable for their actions that freedoms allow.
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  • surferdude wrote:
    I'm all for freedoms and finding ways to hold people responsible and accountable for their actions that freedoms allow.

    Cool. Just don't let the latter contradict the former.
  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
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  • So how does this irrational arguement for forced sterilization in order to obtain government assistance work when someone who has five kids and is doing fine is suddenly laid off due to their corporation exporting jobs to other countries...this whole philsophy has so many holes in it for it ever to become reality....like really where do you draw the line....

    Did this get leaked from a in office memorandum from the Whitehouse....it has about the same amount of intelligence put into it as the Iraq Invasion....
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    While in practice and reality I don't agree with it....

    It's not really forced, because no one is forcing them to ask for governmental assistance...they are choosing and it would be their choice.

    The problem is that there are hard working people who may fall upon hard times and do need government assistance for a period of time to help them get on their feet. Should they have to choose between a little help to get up and running or having the ability to have children.
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  • VictoryGinVictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    Remove the economic incentive to have more children.

    Create an education program that forces all individuals over the age of 14 that receive gov't aid to attend that covers all the issues that lead to needing governemnt assitance...sex ed, job training opportunities, life skills courses...etc.

    Up front capital investment but will reduce the costs of the program longterm.

    i used to teach a sex ed class for young new moms on welfare--it must vary by state then? it has been a long week. anyway, while that class was important because many of the women didn't know of these things, it also really emphasized the need for preventative measures as well as access. i think there should be comprehensive sex ed in schools and access to contraception for those who cannot afford it.
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  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    VictoryGin wrote:
    i used to teach a sex ed class for young new moms on welfare--it must vary by state then? it has been a long week. anyway, while that class was important because many of the women didn't know of these things, it also really emphasized the need for preventative measures as well as access. i think there should be comprehensive sex ed in schools and access to contraception for those who cannot afford it.

    If you cant afford codoms you shouldnt be having sex.
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  • I'm really starting to hate the word "access", but whatever.
  • miller8966 wrote:
    If you cant afford codoms you shouldnt be having sex.

    Wow...if your advice were valid you wouldn't even be here.
  • Wow...if your advice were valid you wouldn't even be here.

    So are you saying that condoms should be made available through our tax dollars?
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  • So are you saying that condoms should be made available through our tax dollars?

    Of course not. Buying condoms with tax dollars is ridiculous.

    I'm just saying that people predate condoms. So I'm not sure what miller's pre-condom predecessors were supposed to be doing.
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,447
    1970RR wrote:
    So what happens when people avoid governmental assistance due to these "surgeries" and are pursued for failing to provide for their offspring? Due we confiscate the kids or force the surgery & benefits?

    So you want me to explain a process I already said I disagreed with?
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,447
    mammasan wrote:
    The problem is that there are hard working people who may fall upon hard times and do need government assistance for a period of time to help them get on their feet. Should they have to choose between a little help to get up and running or having the ability to have children.


    True, and like I have said, I don;t agree with that plan.

    However, playing devil's advocate...someone falls on hard time...gets gov't assistance...so long as they don;t have a kid while receiving the assistance, they wouldn;t have to have the surgery. ;)
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  • miller8966miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    Wow...if your advice were valid you wouldn't even be here.

    my rents could afford condoms, they chose not too because they knew i was the coming of the republican messiah.
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  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    True, and like I have said, I don;t agree with that plan.

    However, playing devil's advocate...someone falls on hard time...gets gov't assistance...so long as they don;t have a kid while receiving the assistance, they wouldn;t have to have the surgery. ;)

    Well I will play devil's advocate to your devil's advocate. What if the wife is already pregnant.
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  • miller8966 wrote:
    my rents could afford condoms,

    What were their ancestors who predated condoms supposed to do?
    they chose not too because they knew i was the coming of the republican messiah.

    Saying "republican messiah" is kind of like saying "swiss cheese balloon". The first term contradicts the latter.
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,447
    mammasan wrote:
    Well I will play devil's advocate to your devil's advocate. What if the wife is already pregnant.

    Pre-existing conditions get a pass. ;)
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  • mammasan wrote:
    I will play devil's advocate to your devil's advocate

    You just blew my mind..... :)
  • mammasanmammasan Posts: 5,656
    Pre-existing conditions get a pass. ;)

    Ok.
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  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    miller8966 wrote:
    If you cant afford condoms you shouldnt be having sex.

    No condom, no problem.

    That's why God gave women a mouth :p
  • Wow...if your advice were valid you wouldn't even be here.

    Just what I was thinking....
  • yield2meyield2me Posts: 1,291
    even flow? wrote:
    Say you are breezing right along through life, leading the American dream and then it ceases to be. Your children are about to starve. Should they just come and kill your children because you can't support them? Seems like this is where you are heading. Not my fault your company laid you off and now you can't make ends meet to feed your kids. Why should the onus be on my tax dollar. Lop their bloody heads off the parasites they have now become.


    You're way off base. The point is that people are having kids intentionally to get the government handout...that is a problem don't you think?
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  • yield2me wrote:
    You're way off base. The point is that people are having kids intentionally to get the government handout...that is a problem don't you think?

    How do you prove this....how would you ultimately determine, without a doubt, this was the case?
  • yield2meyield2me Posts: 1,291
    How do you prove this....how would you ultimately determine, without a doubt, this was the case?


    I said in an earlier post in this thread that my wife who is a teacher at a very urban school, has girls in her class that when asked about college tell her that they will just have babies and go on welfare like their mom or aunt does! This kind of thing is a reality, it's happening.
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  • yield2me wrote:
    I said in an earlier post in this thread that my wife who is a teacher at a very urban school, has girls in her class that when asked about college tell her that they will just have babies and go on welfare like their mom or aunt does! This kind of thing is a reality, it's happening.

    I am not saying it does not happen...but really to prove this and deny assistance because you have the belief that someone is doing this...nothing sort of legal statement admitting to this would approve of any action towards the party involved...just saying you would be walking a very tight line with this type of mandate....so tight I do not think it is possible.....
  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    Does anyone acknowledge we have social nets in place in our countries for reasons? There's a lot of blame going on in this thread and not quite as much understanding.

    As for girls having children "deliberately to get the government handout", as one of "those girls" the messed up psychology involved goes wayyyy, wayyyy deeper. This is about girls who have serious problems, not girls who are looking to subsist on social assistance. It's clear that many sanction inhumane practices in order to "solve" these problems, and again I will say that thankfully those in power understand base psychology when it comes to such subjects.
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