Posted: May 21, 2014 8:55 am
It is correct that I don't consider raising kids as a proper job. It's a life choice to me. It is given special privileges, because it's seen as a "natural" thing to do. And because it is seen as a benefit to society as a whole. The old mantra of the young in work will pay for the old in retirement.
beatsong mentioned the word bigotry. Didn't take long for that to come out. But the fact is that there is a system in place which makes it worthwhile for some people to choose to become single parents at 16 or 17. It's a fact. The family life that was spoken of has been broken, such that it's now more financially beneficial to be separated, thus single parents are more common and need looking after by the state.
I don't blame these girls for choosing their way of life, as the benefits are there for them. But I really can't see that they have had the child for anything but their own benefit, though how they look after the child after that, I guess, will vary considerably, from those that will love and cherish the child properly, to those that use children as their own way to money.
Not only that, instead of the young looking after the old, these youngsters never contribute. They don't even try to contribute. It's a drain on society.
Was it Cito who said the problem was too many people, not not enough work? That's what I believe too. Many of the problems of society are because of their being too many people. So actually encouraging people to have more kids is doubly counter-productive, in my view.
By the way, I'm not trying to say all single mothers are doing this. It's not such a generalisation to be accused of bigotry. I'm talking specifically about certain types that really do do this, just as jamest has witnessed too.
beatsong mentioned the word bigotry. Didn't take long for that to come out. But the fact is that there is a system in place which makes it worthwhile for some people to choose to become single parents at 16 or 17. It's a fact. The family life that was spoken of has been broken, such that it's now more financially beneficial to be separated, thus single parents are more common and need looking after by the state.
I don't blame these girls for choosing their way of life, as the benefits are there for them. But I really can't see that they have had the child for anything but their own benefit, though how they look after the child after that, I guess, will vary considerably, from those that will love and cherish the child properly, to those that use children as their own way to money.
Not only that, instead of the young looking after the old, these youngsters never contribute. They don't even try to contribute. It's a drain on society.
Was it Cito who said the problem was too many people, not not enough work? That's what I believe too. Many of the problems of society are because of their being too many people. So actually encouraging people to have more kids is doubly counter-productive, in my view.
By the way, I'm not trying to say all single mothers are doing this. It's not such a generalisation to be accused of bigotry. I'm talking specifically about certain types that really do do this, just as jamest has witnessed too.