No. Psychiatrists are medical and they're too expensive. The criteria would be examined by eligibility technicians, which state governments already employ to see if families legitimately qualify for the many benefits the state government administers or co-administers.
Psychopaths aren't worthwhile members so the entire premise of your argument is flawed. Also, I don't take cookies from psychopaths, duh.Yeah, congratulations. You're yet another cog to a worthless, hyper-dependent society that is a leech on worthwhile members...
...but you're not a psychopath. Good for you.
Here's a cookie. Now go share it with all of that selfish scum you support.
I don't really buy the idea that there aren't any effective programs if only because there are already plenty of effective addiction, parenting and education programs.
There is definitely no way that I would ever consider requiring licenses for parenting though. That's a good way to screw up society.
Regardless, I can 100% guarantee that a lot of people would see it as a race issue as well and I can 100% guarantee that it would severely increase racial tension to a point where any progress made in convincing the black population to let "old wounds heal" would go out the window for a lot of them.
Moreover, the problem with the "it's class not race" argument is the class and race are often tied together so class issues are often race issues as well. It's not a matter of one or the other. It's a matter of both at the same time.
What are "eligibility technicians?" Is that a fancy way to say social workers?
Like I said, who is going to pay for this HUGE workload?
Do you realize the amount of work and paperwork that would be?
Well, we we could stop encouraging people who cannot afford them by not giving additional benefits for additional children. And before all the autocrats say it never happens that way, it happens that way......
And in response to that question, I said, "the next step would be working on a more effective foster care and adoption system."I'm not saying there are no such programs, I'm saying "what if there aren't?"
I think it would for the reasons I stated in my previous posts.I don't think it would "screw up society," I think it could decrease the "screwed up" already in society.
Okay.I don't think you can guarantee the latter, but I see what you're saying.
I complete disagree with that. I think that the racial component to policies that affect certain classes are either consciously or unconsciously ignored by many people within society. When a policy significantly affects a particularly race or ethnicity, then it's a race/ethnicity issue whether or not that race/ethnicity just happens to be within the affected class.I really think, especially this day and age, that it's mostly class differences and that these are mistaken for race differences.
I complete disagree with that. I think that the racial component to policies that affect certain classes are either consciously or unconsciously ignored by many people within society. When a policy significantly affects a particularly race or ethnicity, then it's a race/ethnicity issue whether or not that race/ethnicity just happens to be within the affected class.
The idea of anyone owning another independent living thing is detestable on its face. At most, you are charged with being their guardian or care-taker. To say that ones own them means you may do whatever you like with them, and if that is true, there's no reason why slavery should be illegal.
Personally, I think it would be disastrous to give the government control over reproduction, especially considering the lousy job it does with everything else. And yet, it is illogical for unhealthy and/or poverty stricken people to breed.
I put "undecided" because I am torn on the issue. On the one hand, I don't want the government to have that much control over my life. On the other hand, it would take care of rampant breeding by welfare mothers, plus so many other problems.
It's funny you started this thread - there was an idiot on I-95 the other day, zipping in and out of traffic, weaving, causing people to slam on their brakes, etc. He was driving really erratically. He got off at our exit, and we saw a small child in the back seat. Anybody who's ever been on I-95 knows what a zoo that place is, 24/7. And to be driving this way with a child in the car? I told my husband that very thing - that not everybody should be able to breed.
Not necessarily...
There is a lot of things you may own and cannot do whatever you want with it.
A child, in this society, is pretty much a slave until it reaches adulthood or whatever age.
I voted yes, there are way too many uncontrolled kids today. Many parents simply turn them loose on society.
It would have zero control over responsible parents.
Yup, I'd require it. Income and intelligence would be 2 immediate factors I'd use as criteria.
For those of you who said yes....what would be the punishment for getting pregnant without a license?
For those of you who said yes....what would be the punishment for getting pregnant without a license?
Eugenics and economic prejudice all in one sentence. :roll:
Yup, I'd require it. Income and intelligence would be 2 immediate factors I'd use as criteria.
many times its only ONE parent
and that is part of the problem
I balk at having government issuing licenses to have children. The implications, of how it could possibly be enforced and regulated, are quite chilling.
What are the criteria? Passing a course? Proof of income? How much is enough? Does a doctor have to check for license? Does the hospital? What if people have kids without a license? What is the penalty?
Then we have opened the door to other things like age? Is there a cutoff? Health? Testing for genetic diseases? See where I'm going?
I agree, there are way too many poorly prepared, negligent and abusive parents.
Maybe we'd be better of requiring full blown parenting classes in high school? Middle school? We have health and sex ed. Why not parenting? I know. That's probably a whole kettle of fish, but just throwing it out there.
I just can't cotton to having the government in our bedrooms.
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