This Is My Life

Okay, so, federal farming subsidies are in the news because the President of the US opposes them, and the House and Senate strongly support them.

Now, my understanding of the situation with many subsidies, and somebody who knows more please feel free to step in and correct me, is that in many cases, farms are being paid to NOT grow crops, when they could be otherwise.

Is this true? I'm sure it's a gross oversimplification, but what I want to know is could it be boiled down to that?

If so, then I think this is one of the very few times I've ever agreed with President George W. Bush.

People with too many children piss me off. Yeah, that's right, you heard me. There are a few rules in life that I think need to be enacted, and many of them have to do with your right to bear children. I firmly believe it's only your right until society takes it away, and sometimes I seriously think they should.

At what point would I consider how many children you have "too many?" For some people it's one. Yes, one child is too many for some people. Most of the time that's because there's no money, no food, no shelter, nothing. Right, I'm saying that if you can't take care of your baby without federal help (and I don't mean medical bills due to complications, those can get horrible) and you know this before you get pregnant, then one child is too many for you!

I knew someone in high school that purposely got pregnant, dropped out of school, and lived off of public assistance. She didn't work, and had no medical problems that would keep her out of the work force. There was nothing in her situation that made her unable to leave that house - her mother and father's house. She's bilking the system, and that has to be stopped. Even if it means forcing her to give up that child for adoption.

Let me repeat that in case I came across vague - A situation like the one described above should end in the child being given up for adoption to a family that actually has the child's best interests at heart. It's cliche, but we have to think of the children.

What about two babies? When does two babies become too much? Well, obviously if one baby is too much, someone shouldn't have two. We'll skip that rant. The point at which you have to draw the line is, unfortunately, linked to money and ability.

I don't know all the issues involved, and I obviously can't talk for every single person in the world and every unique individual, but at some point you have to look at a situation and say "That's enough."

My suggestion is easy, really - Free birth control for both men and women, and make public assistance more difficult to get for these situations. Make people prove, weekly, that they're out there looking for a job, or at least some kind of income. At the same time it's important to help those people find a job. You're not just kicking them to the curb and saying "tough," you're giving them an opportunity.

Of course, in my little world taking care of a child would be easier due to the fact that there would be free healthcare for the entire country. Medical bills are one of the leading causes of financial difficulty, aside from credit card debt. Take away that, allow for laws that make having a child be something that you first need permission for, and teach proper sex ed through-out the entire country, and we might stop hearing as much about how the child down the street died because of negligence, or how the little girl that goes to school and everyone absolutely loves is actually being beaten every day by her drunken father.

We'd also have that much less to pay for from our taxes. I know that I'm tired of paying for other people's children. Aren't you?