Family Free-Riders (Childless adults are economic free riders)

Chicago Boyz ^ | March 03, 2006 | Shannon Love

[Hoodlum91]

Thanks for clearing that up for me!

How long is the grace period between getting married and popping out a kid? Do I need to concieve on my wedding night? or can I have a month or two?

Just need to know. If I ever get married, I may need to plan it around the election cycle to ensure I can vote!

[Scourge of God]

Look at it this way, childless whiners: you are, right now, benefiting from the labor and efforts of ‘breeders’. All those folks of yesteryear who were so stupid as to sacrifice and raise children gave you the future and the world you now have. The builders, the soldiers, the thinkers, the laborers, the leaders, they all came from ‘breeders’.

You’d have crap right now without them. You’d be living in a hole in a village that resembles Africa, if not for those ‘breeders’.

Now, why are you so pissy about building the future for those to come? We are carrying you!

[MineralMan]

"How long is the grace period between getting married and popping out a kid? Do I need to concieve on my wedding night? or can I have a month or two?
"

I'm not sure of the details of all this. You'll have to check with FreedomPurge.

[RockinRight]

What does he want? Some type of photographic evidence that procreation, or attempts at such, are going on?

[MineralMan]

"Look at it this way, childless whiners: you are, right now, benefiting from the labor and efforts of ‘breeders’. All those folks of yesteryear who were so stupid as to sacrifice and raise children gave you the future and the world you now have. The builders, the soldiers, the thinkers, the laborers, the leaders, they all came from ‘breeders’.

You’d have crap right now without them. You’d be living in a hole in a village that resembles Africa, if not for those ‘breeders’.

Now, why are you so pissy about building the future for those to come? We are carrying you! "

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Goodness, another one. Oh, well.

[conservativebabe]

Did you forget the sarcasm tag?

[Theophilus]

There is already grousing in some blue zones by the childless that they shouldn't have to subsidize the "breeders'" children. How long before child-hostile places like San Francisco become the norm?

I don't want the "tumors" to subsidize my children, I want them to stay far-away, in every way, from them.

[RogueIsland]

Goodness, another one. Oh, well.

This thread really brough them out of the woodwork. Well, at least today I learned that Africa is a hell hole because of a lack of "breeders".

[MineralMan]

"Some type of photographic evidence that procreation, or attempts at such, are going on?
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I think you've got it. Before you can vote, you have to show him some photos of you and your wife having unprotected sex. It's called amateur porn. He'll have a whole filing cabinet full of it.

He'll then investigate to make certain your wife is not taking any contraceptive medication. If it all checks out, you'll be able to vote. But, these tests will have to be done before each election, until you and your wife produce a child.

Yeah, that's the ticket...

[Antoninus]

So does this mean I don't have to pay for your kid's education?

I'd prefer if you didn't. Public education is a factory for turning kids into good little tolerant socialist robots.

[Scourge of God]

Easy to mock, hard to refute.

Good to know you prefer the east route!

[FreedomSurge]

You made the following comment:

"Someone should place a pacifier up the anal cavity of this author to prevent any further episodes of this verbal diarrhea"

You and your supporters believe this to be a proper way of expressing disagreement on Free Republic.

I believe a man who wishes to place a pacifier up the anal cavity of another man is sick.

You and your friends believe this to be enlightened debate. I disagree.

[Potowmack]

That's the consequence of a Welfare State. Nobody would have to "pay for the aging population" if the fruits of our labor weren't stolen at gunpoint by the Tax Man.

BTTT.

People who make the argument that Americans have a duty to have more children so that there will be enough taxpayers to pay for entitlements have bought into socialism.

My wife and I intend to have children. However, even if we do not, I guarantee that we will be paying much, much more into the public treasury than we will ever get back.

[MineralMan]

"Look at it this way, childless whiners: you are, right now, benefiting from the labor and efforts of ‘breeders’. All those folks of yesteryear who were so stupid as to sacrifice and raise children gave you the future and the world you now have. The builders, the soldiers, the thinkers, the laborers, the leaders, they all came from ‘breeders’.
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Not too familiar with history, are we? In reality, without the labor of celibate, monastic monks, we wouldn't have much of anything. They're the ones who preserved knowledge over the centuries before the printing press.

Then there was that Jew, Jesus. Last I heard, he didn't have any kids either. Perhaps you'd like to ignore his contributions as well.

Scourge of God, eh? You're the chosen carrying of the whip, then? That's good to know. Someone needs to carry on with the tradition of mindless punishments in the name of God, I suppose.

Seeya around.

[linda_22003]

I doubt that would suffice. Procreative sex looks so much like recreational sex that it would be hard to distinguish. Perhaps if the participants had grim, purposeful looks on their faces during the act, it would help?

[BraveMan]

I just want you all to know that, as a parent, I am endebted to you and your sacrifices in helping me pay for my children's education. It would have been a much more difficult burden to bear were it not for your (government demanded) assistance.

The only way I can repay you is to do my best to ensure my daughter becomes a contributing member of society (and to make her see the truth behind socialist rants such as these).

I couldn't disagree more with this Jamoke author . . .

[Kenton]

or circumstances were such that the window of opportunity to reproduce closed before getting the proverbial ducks in a row (to mix some metaphors!lol!)

LOL back ~ nothing trickier than getting a row of ducks to march through a window of opportunity!

[Antoninus]

If one is medically sterile; if one has dedicated their life to serving God; if one is career military. All have legitimate reasons for not having children.

There is absolutely no nobility in deciding to remain childless for purely selfish reasons.

[busstopsindetroit]

"Since the arguments put forth in Humanae Vitae are based entirely (to the best of my recollection) on the natural law, the arguments therein apply to all marriages, Catholic or otherwise.

But again, internal Church law (Canon law) only applies to Catholics."

So I'm not sure that mentioning church law is really relevant in a discussion of civic duty or economic policy.

Trust me, I'm not anti-child, far from it, but I do not believe it is the role of the government to interfere in people's personal choices with regard to size of family. Don't mistake that to mean I am "pro-choice", I believe that my rights end where another human being's begin, but the government should have no say in whether I choose to conceive no children or 20. In my mind saying we should restrict the rights of those who choose to have no children is no different than saying we should restrict the rights of those who choose to have many.

[Warren_Piece]

The whole premise of this thread is ridiculous. And I say that as someone who LOVES children, and buys into the "childlessness is killing Europe" argument. But nothing happens in a vacuum. It's childlessness, combined with massive social programs, combined with a huge Islamic immigration problem that's killing Europe.

But I can't see why this is an issue in the US. Why on earth would we want people who don't want children to have them anyway?