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Originally Posted by Osem
Of course it isn't and they're a slightly different part of the same problem. Feckless parents who have kids then don't look after them. We're not talking here about people who fall ill or are subject to unforeseen circumstances after having children, but those who have children and keep on having them even when they can't cope and clearly don't even try.
What to do about these people ultimately has to be decided by govt. but we have to face up to the reality that unless something is done the situation will get worse and children will suffer. Education has to be part of the solution but that's obviously a long term process and whatever else has to be done will have to balance the need to be tough on the parents with trying to protect their unfortunate offspring.
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Spot on. Government policies (including welfare reform) are often used to try to influence the behaviour of people.
- Child Benefit was introduced to increase the birthrate after WWII.
- Thatcher cut benefits for the under 25's to encourage young people to stay at home until they got a job.
- MIRAS and the Right To Buy scheme were introduced to encourage home ownership as this was viewed as a way to make people more than responsible and take a pride in their environment (as well as buy working class votes).
- The present Government believe that marriage is a desirable situation, so have reintroduced the Married Persons Tax Allowance.
And so the list goes on. It really is time that the freeloaders were dealt with as it's getting out of hand. There are some families where the Grandparents, Parents and their adult offspring have NEVER worked.
I personally know of one woman who has many different children to various different fathers.
When she proudly referred to the DWP as her "free bank", I told her that she had reduced her genetalia to nothing more than a urinal for mens sperm.