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What does 'holding the mother accountable' look like to you? Some kind of punishment, that her children also suffer from?

I just mean making bad choices should not mean you suddenly get to live in your ideal house funded by taxpayers.

Having two kids on a low income is a bad choice.

She should not be punished. But she also should not be rewarded.

I don't think that procreation should be a right only afforded to the wealthy. This seems incredibly unhealthy for both humanity and for the planet.

It isn’t only afforded to the wealthy. But lets be honest - the US is one of the easiest places in the world to make a living. If someone is unable to make it work here, they are probably making bad choices. Taxpayers should not have to subsidize bad choices.

So now you are slut-shaming as an economic policy?

I’m all for the right to slut it up! I just don’t think taxpayers should have to subsidize others bad decisions!