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Josh
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Josh asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 10 years ago

Should stupid people be allowed to breed?

If someone is incapable of taking care of themselves (make enough money to live off of) should they be allowed to have kids at the taxpayer expense?

Update:

Milton... I am self supporting...House, wife, kids, cars, bills. I have never been on welfare or taken unemployment.

Update 2:

Tiger 81 The examples you gave about your friends is not what I'm talking about. People have kids and have good intentions but sometimes lose their jobs. This is called life. I'm gearing my question more at people who are not married, sleeping around and having kids that they can not support. If you were married and you got divorced and your dead beat husband won't pay child support shouldn't that man not be allowed to impregnate any other women until he takes care of the one he has and the intention to care for the one he is about to make? Same with women... If they have multiple children that they can't afford to have with men they are not married to why should the taxpayer have to pay?

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  • GABY
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    YES. We need some liberals for entertainment.

  • 10 years ago

    Lots of issues here. At first you seem to be equating stupidity with being incapable of taking care of themselves. Maybe there's overlap, but it's not the same thing. Then you seem to switch in your follow up to people with irresponsible behavior, which does not necessarily mean they are either stupid or incapable of caring for themselves.

    Finally, you ask, "if they have multiple children that they can't afford to have ... why should the taxpayer have to pay?" This is a question of whether we should give support to children that exist or will exist, regardless of whether whatever group of people you are talking about have been allowed to breed or not. So what question you are asking is even less clear.

    But one answer to one of your questions--some states do place a cap on the number of children you can receive benefits for, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_cap . As long as you frame the question in terms of giving money to undeserving parents, it seems reasonable, but benefits that increase with the number of children is for the welfare of the child, who is not responsible for, nor should be punished for, bad parents.

    As for allowing so-and-so to breed, well, that's either forced sterilization, horrid idea, or just plain unenforceable.

  • 10 years ago

    There's a big difference between "stupid" people and people who collect unemployment. I have friends with college degrees who are currently unemployed and, God forbid, are actually collecting unemployment. That doesn't make them "stupid". It actually makes them smart. Why NOT collect unemployment if you are out of work? You paid for it with your tax dollars and it's there for you if you need it.

    I'm thinking that maybe you aren't as smart as you think you are and maybe you should be someone who isn't allowed to breed.

  • 10 years ago

    NO but fat people are breeding more the stupid people seriously nobody Is truly stupid that maybe the homer simpson peter griffin and elvis mentality get fatter and even more fatter I think stupid people are so yesterday I think fat people breeding so today.

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  • Milton
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Look at your own life. Are you self supporting? Do you pay for your home, clothes, food? Should you be allowed to breed? I have a feeling your parents take care of you and your question, if not stupid, did border on inane..

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Ideally no, but how could you stop it? Fines wouldn't work... The last thing we need is MORE non-violent offenders in jail.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    germany tried that in the '30s .

    if you were 'simple minded' , or had a chronic medical condition like blind , deaf , VD , homosexuality , drug addict , MD , MS , alzheimers , born jewish , born black , born a gypsie , had polio , etc , you were considered a drag to the economy and 'allowed ' to die .

    it almost worked out for them .

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Look at all the lefties, their parents had no restrictions.

  • 10 years ago

    Ask your parents

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    u gt no rights to stop any person from breeding even if he or she is stupid

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