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"Just don't have kids" is, IMO, one of the most incredibly insensitive approaches to this problem. It reminds me of all the people telling gay people to "just don't have a relationship". Having an entire class of people who work hard but are too poor to raise children is a failure of society - not a failure of financial planning.

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Sorry — everyone unfortunately does not have the human right to have a family of 5 in Manhattan.

Everyone does (IMO) have the human right to live off of the land without destroying it permanently for the next family.

No. Not raising kids in poverty is a matter of social responsibility. I would also argue that most people don’t want kids until they have a certain level of financial security.. That’s why family planning was so successful in decreasing birth rates.

So what do you recommend to people who are in a poverty cycle but want to feel they’re free humans, not economic slaves?

You mean they're poor and they think they're real human beings!? /s

I know people to whom the /s doesn't apply...

Sad but true.

Run, don't walk, to a farm community, and away from expensive fancy cities.

That’s a loaded question if I’ve ever heard one.

Having a companion animal is also something a free human does. Should we tell people to get pets they can’t take care of?

You premise that people are owed the opportunity to have children is a silly one. It’s not the parent that is the priority but the child.

I don't see why it is silly. I believe an opportunity to have children is an opportunity to have a purpose (not the purpose, note). I'm not saying that people who can't support children should have them - I'm saying that the society (i.e. other people) should help individuals to find their purpose. If making money and being rich is it for some, fine, no issue with that.

My purpose in life is fighting for 2nd amendment rights. Should the government pay me to that too?

don't confuse opportunities with money and if you feel people should have help to get the opportunity, isn't that what having a government is for?

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