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					Originally Posted by  RichardCoulter
					 
				 
				I disagree entirely when it's the state that's paying for it.  If the Government adopted this policy and people wanted to have children, there would be nothing to stop them- as long as they don't expect taxpayers money in order to have them. 
 
Even if they work to pay for them, they are still getting a good deal.  By this I mean that they will be entitled to free healthcare, education etc. 
			
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 The State does not acquire the right to determine who can and cannot reproduce, merely by introducing benefit payments for children.