re: #80 ggt

I think I’m relating this incorrectly. The point is to have more children. Women do want children. If you don’t have to worry about supporting them, many will keep having them.

I’m sorry, I don’t think this is true. Some women want children. Some don’t. Some just want one. Some want two or three. Very few want to just keep having children.

No one seems to have ever told these (often very young) women that this isn’t the best way to start young lives. AS long as the money is there, they won’t change their behavior.

Why on earth do you blame the money being there? At the very least, it’s a cultural problem— that we raise ‘motherhood’ far above ‘responsible motherhood’. I’d put a lot more blame on not teaching contraception and family planning, than I would on the availability of money. Anyone who’s raising kids on welfare can tell you it’s never really enough money.