That’s the best interpretation, and the response still fits if less harshly worded.
Social issues can't be tackled without facing the tough questions head on.
My point is that I think that the best way to actually help families and children is to incentivise and teach not to have children you can't afford in the first place instead of infantilising people and to tell them that anything goes and the state will pick up the tab.
No-one, no-one replied to my comments on the point. Only intellectually lazy outrage.
Your thinking is entirely lazy. You don't want to do something so you need to find a "tough question" and a cheap policy.
Every country needs a next generation and if it isn't getting one it is because it is a miserly society that thinks it can poke and prod parents and still expect them to do all the work that is actually a shared responsibility.
It’s out of touch because it’s not merely a “tough” question.
It’s not a well-defined question and it may not be quantifiable.
It’s a terrible lens to view through, but financially speaking creating or extending your family is a major risk.
The easy questions: What does it even mean to say one has more children than one can afford? What standard is being used to decide when someone has gone past affordability?
The harder or impossible questions, and these are critically important: What factors play into the financial risk of having or extending a family? And can each factor be quantified?
I suspect the answer is no, because few or no private insurer is in business guaranteeing long-term employment terms.
Finally: Even if the probabilities can be accurately quantified, what risk threshold can we establish as responsible vs irresponsible?
And the burden is on the claim maker to establish that it’s possible, because as far as I know life in a market economy is a bit too messy to forecast in this manner.
If this inspires you or someone else to try, I wish you all the best and with my blessing.
