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To: mabelkitty
So before the knee-jerkers start calling us selfish, just take into consideration - my income helps subsidize your child-rearing in more ways than one, and you get the immediately benefits of it.

Judging from the crickets, it appears quite difficult to refute your spot-on comment. :-)

569 posted on 01/03/2005 2:24:30 PM PST by k2blader (It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
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To: k2blader

Since the children in our family are either home-schooled or in private schools, I find it hard to imagine how childless taxpayers are helping rear our next generation. We pay double, to keep the government schools open to babysit and to pay for our children's education.


577 posted on 01/03/2005 2:38:38 PM PST by kittymyrib
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To: k2blader

Actually, I did address that at one point. I believe I said that property taxes to support public schools is unfair. (Especially when you either don't have children, or send them to a private school you are paying for yourself.)

Other than that, I don't believe you two or anyone else is helping to "subsidize" raising my children. Besides, most of mine aren't in school yet, and the one who is attends a Catholic school. No voucher for that, by the way.

We pay for our own health insurance, and don't take a dime for assistance from ANYONE. Perhaps if more folks did so, you wouldn't have to make arguments like that to defend your choices.

FWIW, if you don't want kids, fine. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, per se. But try not to bash people who do have kids (or the kids themselves) when doing so. Generalizations are dangerous in a discussion like this. Married folks with kids shouldn't bash those who choose not to ahve kids, and vice versa. Maybe then things would be a bit more civilized. We can make our points without being rude. I have slipped up on that, but after seeing the way this thread has gone, I am going to try a heckuva a lot harder not to.


580 posted on 01/03/2005 2:46:12 PM PST by exnavychick (Just my two cents, as usual.)
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