**** Elections thread *****

[Savy]

That's literally worse than if they could get it without working.

[BananaStand]

That's literally worse than if they could get it without working.

Is it really?

I think the idea of people having children solely for the gov't benefits is somewhat of a myth. I'm not saying it never happens, but you'd have to show me some really convincing data that says government entitlement programs reduce pregnancies before I start letting able-bodied people stay home on the taxpayer's money.

[Savy]

Is it really?

I think the idea of people having children solely for the gov't benefits is somewhat of a myth. I'm not saying it never happens, but you'd have to show me some really convincing data that says government entitlement programs reduce pregnancies before I start letting able-bodied people stay home on the taxpayer's money.

The funny thing is that in the UK it's actually more of a myth than the media makes out (or used to, now they are busy hating brown people) but as a result people think that it is a viable option and do it when in fact it doesn't make all that much difference. It is still somewhat beneficial in terms of finding social housing but it's pretty minor.

I also don't think it will make all that much difference overall but it's worse.

https://wehavekids.com/misc/Most-Com...-Want-Children

There's ten common reasons.....none of them are "paycheck"

Can you actually think of a way of conducting this experiment to get honest answers out of people, very few people are going to say a paycheck & let's be honest even if they do it for a paycheck it's rarely the sole reason.