No More Children Please

scottjames30 wrote:

Triumph wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:Surly its better now than 20-30 years ago ?

Trust me it isn't.

I'm 30 so can't comment.

But why ?

Sluffy wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:

Triumph wrote:

scottjames30 wrote:Surly its better now than 20-30 years ago ?

Trust me it isn't.

I'm 30 so can't comment.

But why ?

It's an age thing - I remember my dad saying similar to me when I was younger and I didn't see anything wrong with the world I'm living in at the time - and I say the same to my daughter now and she can't see anything wrong with the world she is in now.

Clearly physical things, like more people needing more houses, cars, kids, hospitals, schools, jobs, etc - are more noticeable to you as you get older.

Things you can't touch seemed to have changed too, such as respect, patience, tolerance seems to be getting less and less as the years role by.

Personally I think things have now taken a turn for the worst in the western world now and that wealth, living standards and access to services such as health will be on a steady decline from now on.

Hope I'm wrong but I don't think I am.

Natasha Whittam wrote:That Mick Philpott who set fire to his house killing six of his 11 children clearly got what he deserved when he was given a life sentence.

But the argument today seems to be whether the "benefit culture" enjoyed by many is the reason Philpott did what he did. He wanted to burn down the house so the council would give him a bigger one.

George Osborne questioned whether it was right for the state to "subsidise" people with Philpott's lifestyle and I quite agree. I cannot believe that in 2013 a man can have 11 children and the state will provide benefits for them all.

Surely the state should only pay for one or two children, if you want more you should damn well have to cough up the cash yourself.

This is crazy. Deep down everyone knows that people don't need three children and that those that have multipe kids are arseholes. So why doesn't the government simply say enough is enough and cut benefit for child number 3 onwards?

No one needs more than two children.