Originally Posted by Stuart

That's the thing.. You can ask the poor to limit the number of kids they have. Give them free and easy access to Condoms or other birth control devices, and you could argue they have little excuse for getting pregnant. Yes it would cost money for the condoms, but I'd wager it won't cost the state anywhere near what another baby would cost.

What you can't do, short of killing them, is stop people getting older.