What is so wrong with thinking about Population Control?

Question

The wrold is slowly dying...we are filling it faster than we are dying. Scientistrs say that we will run out of food to feed the world in 130 years or sooner. Why not do something now. Why is population control such a taboo thing. Are we just going to count on some epidemic? On the appocalypse? On the hand of god?
We need to impliment a sensible long term plan for population control.
It can be slow at first in the US....set an example..Women on welfare with 3 children will be helped with the fourth but she will be sterilized. Women in drug abuse programs that have been caught more than 3 times and is having childern=Nutered,,,,

Maybe its crazy but we have t do something. ...give me some ideas

So because they are HUMNAN BEINGS we should let the next generations suffer and watch as BILLIONS die from starvation...The entire world will look like Ethiopia...Do you want that? NO science is even CLOSE to coming up with a solution. We will run out of Trees, Clean Air, Food, and all the things we need to survive.

Answer 1

I actually thought a better idea would be mandatory birth control for anyone who is under the age of 18, can't afford to feed themselves, or who have already had two children. Then there isn't such a big issue with abortions and babies having babies. It would cut down on the amount of starving children as well, and well, lets face it... One man and one woman come together to make a child, so, isn't it only logical that after having two children to take their "place" in the world that they should stop. Many people keep trying to have one sex or the other and give themselves a max limit of children. Why should the sex of the child matter so much to a couple that they would have more children than originally intended to produce an offspring of a certain sex? Lunatics! All men should have to claim any child that is theirs, provide for them (as would the mother of the child), and after two, regardless of if it was with their wife or not, should be given a visectomey. Not that all this should happen right now, but ideas need other ideas to grow and become more than just thoughts.

Answer 2

I believe that the self righteous religious people have a lot to say about why population control is tabu.
There are also some wealthy people who think that ever increasing population is needed for economic reasons. From their perspective an ever increasing population creates more demand and also more shortages. This would increase profit potential because of rising demand and a limited supply.
There is then the pressure on labor for the reverse reason a larger labor market and a limited supply of jobs would lower wages. This can be seen now in the global economy where low wages and little or no labor rights is certainly not unusual.

I think a couple can have as many children as they can afford. The first child would be cheap in that a tax of $100 a year for life would be placed on the child. The child could pick up this tax after they reached some age ( quarter century )
Each child after the first a zero would be added after the decimal point. 2nd child $1000 3rd 10,000 4th 100,000 ( per year )

This give those who say this will discriminate against the poor or this or that group no place to argue because it would cost way more than $100 per year to raise a child and far more than that would be provided in services like roads , schools , police and military 'protection' ( for the far lefty liberals a certain level of medical benefits )

If a couple can not afford a $100 a year then they should not be allowed to legally have a child.
This would also make each person that much more valuable.

Males in particular who sire a child out of an established relationship would be castrated. They could avoid this once or twice with a large fine plus some thing else.( uncertain what)

The same would happen to women ( except they would be sterilized some other way )

Open question how would a open forum get started on this question

Answer 3

You need help.

Every person on earth, lined up, stood together, could all fit within Jacksonville, Florida.

The sun provides us almost endless energy.
Nuclear power isn't even close to being fully utilized.
Hydrogen power will replace that, and provide endless energy.
Water never goes away.
Oxygen never goes away.
Soil is replenished by organic waste.
Technology has allowed us to expand the maximum amount of people per city from less than 100,000 people to an unlimited number.
There is a LOT of open space, and we are not nearly at full capacity for agricultural production.
Deserts could be irrigated. The fact is, it is some of the most fertile land on Earth, because the minerals haven't been moved by water or used by plants. It is the most under-utilized land.

The fact is, "scientists" don't think we are running out of food, water, sunlight, heat, or open spaces. Because of the simple fact that there is no known limit to how much of these resources there are. And they aren't going anywhere. And they get reused.

You need to stop panicking over things which are easily proven to be false, just by looking around and realizing, "hey, there's a lot of friggin room left, and only fossil fuels don't get replenished fast enough for us to use endlessly, and we have the technology already to move us away from that addiction. There is no reason to panic. Water, dirt, sunlight, heat, oceans, metals, open spaces... these things aren't going anywhere. WE ARE NOT IN DANGER!!!"

In 2000 years, when it might become a problem, say 100 trillion people... then we will be colonizing Mars. Stop panicking.

Answer 4

first of all you don't neuter a woman ...you would SPAY her. second....why are you only suggesting this "solution" of yours for women?????????

you boys can get anyone in the world pregnant at a faster rate than we can have them! so i figure if you want to "nip things in the bud"...men should be sterilized according to your standards of "acceptability". and while I'm on that...a woman with 3 kids on welfare has to be serialized, but a wealthy mother of 5 or 6 is still allowed to reproduce?? isn't SHE a bigger threat?
oh wait...or are you saying by "population control" you meant genocide?

Answer 5

There is absolutely nothing wrong with population control. It is the right thing for the world. However, our government doesn't care about the world. The only thing they care about is themselves. So there is almost no hope for population control. Except in an anarchy, which I am all for.

Answer 6

i'm for population control. but trying to tell one person they can have a certain amount of kids and saying someone else can have another - not only is that f*cked up, but it'll never happen.

i believe it's illegal for that to be a mandate, but i think it'd be great if people voluntarily quit breeding so many new kids.

Answer 7

Umm...that's kind of a scary thought. Forced sterilization? Don't we have rights? And why can't men be sterilized instead of just women?

Dang it Frost you kind of stole my answer lol.

Answer 8

Yea men should have vasectomy,,,,, division of the vas deferens
after 2nd child,,,,, single men out and about spreading their sperm must always wear condoms or else, they have to accept responsibility for abortion or baby,,,, we could work out all the details,,, yea,, sounds good.......

Answer 9

Ummm... HELLOOOOOOOOO!!! These are HUMAN BEINGS we are talking about here. REAL PEOPLE with REAL LIVES! Shouldn't that mean something, or is this the wrong crowd for simple things like right and wrong?

Answer 10

Mass sterilization for all!