How many people is enough for YOU?
I think most will agree there are negatives involved with high human density but we seem incapable of slowing the growth and problems that comes with it - so any ideas on how we could stop encouraging and rewarding that growth when it reaches the number where YOU feel we have enough?
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I beleive we have now. I live in a very crowded area but I can still drive 30 miles and see some open spaces. We're already having water problems and such in certain areas of the country that don't seem to be getting any better. I don't know about you but I'm not too thrilled about disease and such just coz some idiot sees a patch of grass that 4 more might fit in on.
I love Star Trek and I remember an early episode where people on this planet had pretty much stopped death and disease. They were chest to chest, shoulder to shoulder just mindlessly wondering about. They finally got one to catch a disease in order to bring it back to the people to kill some off just for space to move. They were "advanced" people so war, and such wasn't an option. They didn't want to be cruel.just allow people die in some natural means.
I mean look at what China resorted to doing to curb their population. There comes a time when people are deciding who deserves to live and die. Children, the elderly, the weak, the mentally challenged, white, black, male, female, certain relegions? If people can't make rational decisions to keep things at an even keel and limit things to a managable degree..nature will make those tough decisions for us or some rich politician will.
I love children...but I feel it's unfair to basicly reward only those who have children. I mean you get health care, housing, food.etc.100% easier than if your a single male or a starving elderly person. You keep your job and are helped as long as it's maternity leave and children.but no so much if it's time off for helping grandma who's had a stroke. There's literally flyers handed out for services for people with kids..but there isn't the help for singles and elderly when they are in need. So many are refused benefits who really do need them, just temporarily because they're adult with no kids. Many have spent their lives sacrificing for others and never took a hand out and are refused at their time of need.
More kids shouldn't equal an easier ride, more tax breaks and deductions while it costs more for others who never receive those breaks. These social services were to be a temporary leg up. Not a way of life. If you can't afford your kids, you shouldn't have them if you can't care for them or just see them as another way to extend the freebies. I mean I don't ever want to have to limit people by law. I would hope simple common sense would be enough. Not this attitude of "oh...well...I'll just go to the welfare office and they'll help".
In the past people had alot of kids. I know members of my family did. They loved their kids with their heart and soul and were very proud of their brood. But there was this pride that they didn't want people to feel sorry for them or accept handouts. That sense of "pride" and personal responsibility doesn't seem to be around much anymore. Sure doesn't help when their dangling Ipods in a kids face while mom and dad are doing everything they can to feed them either. It's like I got all these kids now it's your job to help take care of them for me and a government who makes you when you're struggling yourself.. I think I'd kill myself before I could think of giving birth to another child who would die in my arms from starvation because I couldn't feed them. It has to be a society attitude change as well as personal responsibility. Not to de-value children but for there to be more personal accountability as to how many you can really care for and be responsible for. They are YOURS..not mine. I don't mind helping when I see some personal responsibility...but I do when I'm seen as just your disposable income at my expense. It's not right that an elderly person has paid taxes and school taxes their whole life, had 1 kid and now loose their home from taxes because of the increased demands to foot the bill for peoples kids who shouldn't be here and aren't putting anything into the system.
Why should people pay for private school or home school because their tax dollars don't give their children the safe environment or the tools for a decent education while others who aren't contributing or contributing enough to balance things out? I'm cool.2-3 kids per home..but not for a dozen "special requirement" at the expense from me and my children. I mean there's reasonable needs to be met and then there's beyond that where maybe people should cough up extra out of there own pocket. Why all the bi-lingual extra expense if the parents are telling the kids not to speak English? Why pay for an education when they drop out? Maybe there should be fine for those that do. Maybe then parents would be more interested in an education for their children and be more willing to do what it takes to see them succede. I had to pay for tutors and spend alot of my time to work with my kids on their school work. Again..a bit of personal responsibility here. There's help and then there's abusing things. Education is a right here but it doesn't mean at the expense of the rights of others.
Close the borders and sterilize the stupid
There is no fair answer. Otherwise your parents might have been restricted from having you.
The important thing is to allow growth in an intelligent manner that is fair to all (including those who are not born yet).
End welfare so that only those who can support children are the ones having children.
Close ALL borders now and build the fence as high as they can and then provide military personnel along the fence to shoot to kill any illegals coming across the border. Also, legislation MUST be passed to limit welfare to anyone in America. Those that physically can work must be put to work as they did in the 1930's during the depression. Those that can't physically work must get off welfare in 18 months or force the government to stop their monthly payments.
Next thing you know, we're going to have to put a limit on children just like China. I'm feeling smothered now. I don't have a number in mind, not mathmatically gifted, but I do know that a burgeoning population is another BIG problem facing us!
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