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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (78562)	11/3/2003 6:33:03 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"motivated"?

To: Lane3 who wrote (78562)	11/3/2003 8:37:57 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Incompetents should not produce kids. But it is wrong to punish the children for the sins of the parents- and punish them we do, if we do not make an effort to help them. On top of the simple morality involved (the helping of the innocent, a morality almost all creeds embrace), you have a utilitarian reason to do it as well- many of these kids will cost you one way or the other- either educate them, or pay to board them in the prison system, or pay the societal cost of crime- from both an economic and a moral perspective I think it is prudent to spend the money up front to help them.