I know lots of people agree with this in principle (especially going by the Daily Mail comments)
If you can't afford a child, don't have one. Simple.
But it really is not that simple-like all these things that make judgements on those on benefits
Where does this policy end up - eugenics and enforced sterilisation?
Based on what criteria?
Starving children?
And this is all in the context that Nick Clegg was bleating on increasing international aid to lift children out of poverty in his conference last week - "look at me and how good I am to the little starving children in Africa". The hypocrisy staggers me. By the same rules, Africans should stop having children too. That should be policy rather than giving them aid - right?
Desmond Tutu said "My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together." I love that quote. It is simply a reflection on us how we chose to treat other human being.
This poor bashing is really really depressing me. It is daily It is worse than I imagined it could be.