Imagine having (unmarried) neighbors with umpteen kids that are being taken care of on YOUR dime, while you have 2.1 children because you’re “more responsible”. (not saying it IS more responsible to have fewer kids)
We already see this now. I am sure I am not the only person who has lost count of the number of times he's waited in line at the grocery store behind some bum who is buying only the very best and most expensive food with food stamps, only to then watch them drive off in an SUV that you couldn't afford to own. Most likely those bums probably get Medicaid and their bum kids get SCHIP too. The even funnier part, while you're cutting back on expenses to make ends meet, they're living it up with premium cable, flat panel HDTVs, and the latest and greatest cell phones. All that of course is possible when you don't have to spend YOUR money on things like rent/mortgage, food, and medical care.
I can’t help but believe that this is one of the main purposes of this idea.
Why not? The entire point of this and every welfare program is to swell the ranks of reliable liberal voters. When a liberal runs saying his/her opponent is going to take away a bum's food or medical care, you can be certain said bum will always vote liberal.
You’re thinking in worldly/political terms.
This is about making neighbor hate neighbor, destroying Christ’s “second, equally greatest commandment”.
Mathew 22:39
A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’