If you have more kids ( in UK ) you have taken more from society, school, hospital , doctor etc: so surely you should pay MORE. Or better yet, don't breed more scum
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I agree. Don't have em if you can't afford em
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High birth rates are a global problem.  It would be better if everyone limited themselves to one or two children.  That kind of global thinking won't happen, though, until education is valued by governments and all people are made aware of the world overpopulation crisis.
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i don't know where you're getting the idea they make tons of money from putting kids in foster care.  it COSTS the state tons of money.  my sister does this for a living and their departements are severly underfunded and understaffed.  the workers do what they can but sadly, until everyone gets it through to their local officals that they want money spent on protecting abused children instead of tax cuts and expanding roads the situation is not going to improve.  it's really sad.  my sister alone has about 50 cases and she's sposued to visit the foster home, the parents, supervise at least 1 visit and go to court monthly for each of them.  there's just not enough hours in a day.  each caseworker should only have about 20 cases but they don't have the funding to hire enough people.  i hope your situation works out.
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You should have as many children as you can afford, both with your health and money.  I know of families with 12 children and they are great.  I have seen families with 1 or 2 and there is a lot of selfishness with them.  \n\nMy magic number is 10, but if it would be more, then that would be great too.  I know I could afford it.  I just need a wife who would also go along with it, and of course we would work together on everything.
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You love your children and that's fine --- now they are grown and making their own decisions --- some good, some bad --- providing them with a place to stay and food to eat--- if they refuse to work a job / or spend all their money on stuff--- do not give them any extra money! - you have to pay your own bills and provide for basic needs --- let them know you aren't their personal bank - they have to grow up and be responsible for their own upkeep ---
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I doubt it, you should decide in my opionion what kind of children you want to raise.  It is America and i am sure you could find a way, but doing one job the very best is better than three and just getting by.  Don't have children if you are not going to be around to nurture and  raise yourself
93973
why do men have to pay more for insurance? there's not a single justification for that ... some women make more money than some men do? where's the justice there?
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This is doing my bloody head in.\n\nThese "druggies" are getting approx. £4,000 each, and for what? Not being able to take drugs or their substitute whilst in prison.\n\nI bet there will soon be another test case for "alcoholics" - not being able to get pissed in prison "must" be an infringement of "Human Rights" What a load of bollocks!!!!!\n\nI wonder if this payment includes costs.\n\nYou can bet your life that some lazy, fat, Human Rights lawyer has made a killing on this one. Was it Cherie Blair I wonder?\n\nAnyway this country of ours is going "stark raving mad"\n\nLets use a bit of common sense if we have to accept this "H/R" legislation.\n\nThe ordinary working man/woman won"t stand for this idiocy much longer.
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Hear Hear.\n\nIt surprises me how ignorant people are. Here you are, saying that you want to choose to send your kid to a private school. Another poster decides that yes, you should be able to do that, but "it is wrong to take money out of the public school system." Hmmm....your tax dollars pay for the public schools, if you want to send your kid to private school, you're free to do so, but you still have to pay for other kids to go to public school? Does that make sense to you?\n\nI agree with you. Tax me less, and I'll make the decision with the LARGER disposable income I have, as to which school my kid goes to.
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LOL,  no it is a load of garbage what you have been told. Breast feeding is positively encouraged by all doctors, nurses, etc in the UK it is not and never has been forbidden.
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Can I get an extra hundred a week to?  I'm a teacher and my wife is a social worker we have a house and a car and two small children.  I have had several ankle surgeries and the medical bills are piling up...I would like a life too.  If I help you will you give me half?\n\nStop whining...do what you can and enjoy what you have.  If you can't do that then an extra hundred a week (are you for real?) is not going to make you any happier.
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It is costing lives!!! what about all the kids that are dying 18 to 25 years old doesn't that cost enough.
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he would get more money? uhhh, his kids could grow up in a good environment? really don't know!
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Quit cying.  Europeans have been paying even more for years.  We're spoiled rotten.
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we have less children because we know are limits financially. we don't think it's wrong to come to America. just do it legally.
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Isn't two enough? Do you really want to contribute to the world's population problem? Any more than two is a selfish act in my humble opinion (unless it was an accident). If every couple had only two children, the world population would remain constant. Live by example. Concentrate your resources into making the two children you have into the best possible humans they can be. Don't dilute your resources on more kids than that. It's not fair to them.
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lol . . . finally a great question . . . \n\nI read the article too . . . and it felt like it was written by a woman . . . the way she reference the Percentages as Only 10% or Only 33%.  Do you really need the word only . . . no you don't . . . it is the womens way minimizing an actually large number . . . odds are the numbers are probably higher . . . and they went with the lowest in the article. . . from a different group.  This article tries to downplay the problem of women accusing men falsely \n\nYou know . . . this is fraud on the basic level . . . and if paternity went uncontested after a certain time period then . . . and then it is discovered that the child is not his . . . even if it is genetically proven.  He is still stuck paying child support.  Fraud is a crime . . . yet the government support this felony.\n\nLook at the links . . . from my blog.\n\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-1fu03lEleqEHvVmUM.5t9K4-?p=31\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-1fu03lEleqEHvVmUM.5t9K4-?p=35\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-1fu03lEleqEHvVmUM.5t9K4-?p=85\n\nThis is wrong as it is selfish . . . I also answered your question regarding what is the most selfish thing a person can do . . . \n\n- - - \n\nYes . . . paternity testing is expensive . . . but is covered by most insurance . . . it is also optional in most hospitals.  But the father is afraid to ask for it . . . so not to insult his wife or girlfriend.  If it becomes manditory . . . this type of testing will radically go down in price . . . because the demand is there.  The main reason why it is a little pricy . . . is because the demand is low . . . and the training cost is high.  The demand was higher . . . then they would be more busy . . . and utilizing their training more and the cost will go down.\n\nAlso . . . the DNA testing . . . should be done by the hospital too . . . not only to confirm parentage . . . but if god forbids something happens to the child and the child needs an organ . . . 98% . . . a compatible organ can be found in the biologically father and someone answered that 1 of 6 is not compatible (in the pregnancy section) . . . and those are people who believe they are the biological fathers. \n\nThing is the parents . . . don't even need to know about the test or the results . . . unless it is proven that the father is not the father.\n\nWomen will say it will be an invasion of privacy . . . those who say that have something to hide.  It is not something to feel insulted about . . . those who feel insulted have insulted the guy they were with because they hope that the man they want is the father.\n\nPlus . . . I don't care if we put Maury out of business . . . this needs to be resolved and quickly.