You get more of what you subsidize. We subsidize poor single moms, so we get a rising single motherhood rate along with all the additional crime and poverty associated with a high single motherhood rate.
Yeah who wouldn't want to be a single mom raising children in poverty? Truly a cushy gig.
The welfare enables this behavior, it doesnt make it desirable for people who arent already poor.
Very few people are getting cash assistance at this point. And the expenses of having a new kid significantly outweigh any increases in benefits that people get for each additional child. Do you really think people are going through pregnancy and childbirth for a few dozen extra dollars in food stamps per month?
If its so inconsequential lets just end it. Nobody will even notice, right?
It's not inconsequential because it keeps them alive. That doesn't mean it's an incentive to have a child when that's still easily a net negative proposition. It takes $180k to raise a child from 0-18, you need to provide some evidence that food stamps etc are offsetting that in people's minds.
He wants them to die, but needs a way of saying it without admitting it. ---
But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.