I have a revolutionary yet simple solution that could help Americans reduce the nation's poverty level and reduce global warming, all while following the simple concept of individual responsibility. To sum it up, the idea is: Stop overpopulating!
It seems to me that too many people who can't afford to raise children are having them nonetheless, and then people like me (childless, career-oriented individuals) are supposed to somehow contribute to them with tax dollars for welfare and other social programs. Having one kid is understandable, maybe even two... But more than that? What are financially struggling people thinking when they have three or more children? I have seen way too many five-children families struggling to put food on the table, both parents making minimum wage and working more than one job. And despite how hard they work, they still need financial assistance for all their children!
I also think that humans have begun to over-reproduce, which means more encroachment on wildlands in order to expand suburban housing, more cars clogging the roads and polluting the air, more consumers to demand items that require more environmentally unfriendly production and transport... You get the idea.
Children are blessings, I know that, and it's only natural for people to have the innate desire to reproduce. But I believe that overpopulation isn't healthy for families, the environment, or taxpayers! Am I insensitive to think that way? Maybe... But I just can't move beyond the basic tenet of individual responsibility, which I think more people need to adopt -- for their own sake as well as the sakes of others.
It doesn't take a village to raise a child, but it does take at least one responsible, financially-stable parent!
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Hey, you know what else we could have fewer of to help here? Catholics!!! ;o)
LOL! Protestants are just as bad, from what I've seen. Even though they're allowed to use birth control, SO many of them don't!
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