Proof of financial responsibility and child bearing.?

Question

To drive a car you have to provide "Proof of financial responsibility" It is my belief that to have children, a woman or a couple should have to provide similar proof of financial resposibility.I often hear of couples, but usually single mothers complaining that they can't afford the basic needs and that our tax $$ should pay for them. What do you think?

To those who ask ?, w/o e-mail I can't respond directly. As for as enforcement, simple, licencing, If the child is not licenced no S.S. # no School, I.E. The child would not exist.

Answer 1

I hear what you're saying. If this ever came to law, I'd want proof of financial responsibility, but more importantly, proof of no addictions and proof of psychological health. I also believe we should stop assistance to single mothers after X number of children. And believe it or not, I am against more government control, but too many American children aren't getting a fair chance.

Answer 2

In so many words your basically saying that if you're broke, then you shouldn't have children, and that the government at every level should eradicate programs for single mothers and parents. You might as well say that the government should support birth control by controlling how many kids you should have and forced abortions. And no, to drive a car you don't need financial responsibility persay because all that is is to prove you can make payments, but guess what, if you can't they take their car back. You can't do that to a child persay, unless there's abuse and neglet. If that would be the case you probably would not have been born or your family because somewhere down the line unless you're very rich with old money, that someone in your family didn't get some kind of assistance of some kind. If you go to the legislature with that kind of logic, don't get mad if they laugh at you and kick you out for wasting your time. I think your idea is far fetched and damn near facist and communist-like. You can't tell a person what to do with their body.. Hello.. right to life? You've been watching too many movies... By the time you try to control the poplulation with all the wasted tax money, you could've sent millions of children to college, and take care of needy families... And are you going to pay for all the abortions since you think that a woman needs to terminate a pregnancy based strictly on their financial needs? Like I said, if that were the case, you probably wouldn't be here at all saying something that crazy. Because if you take away the financial part, parenting is still hard and money can't make it no easier.

Answer 3

What about the families who have worked all there life and already paid taxes who get pregnant?? It isn't only your taxes then it is also there taxes as well. There are women out there who can not work after becoming pregnant due to certain medical reasons and then loose insurance. I think if a couple or single mother wants to have a child who is childless then they should be able to experiance that.

Edited to respond to this email recieved by Hammer:
What are you saying,? After working all their lives ,at 65-70 years old, there is a pregnancy?Or are you saying after working all their lives they don't have their sh!t together enough to afford to support their children. Children are not a necessity ,they are an expensive "Luxury" and public assistance $ should NOT pay for such OPTIONAL luxuries

I am saying if you have worked for like 20 years and paid taxes all of those years, then obviously you are using your own tax money also. Some people aren't as fortunate as other people it doesn't have anything to do with getting there sh@t together. Example, you become pregnant and you can't work because of medical reasons, or your husband dies. I can't believe you would call a human life a luxury.

Answer 4

I agree people shouldn't have kids on purpose when they have no income, however, I don't think it's the government's place to madate this. Plus where do you draw the line? Let's assume that they did pass a law requiring people to provide "proof of financial responsibilty"- how much money would someone be required to make to be allowed to have a child? I remember reading an article in a child development class in college (author escapes me at the moment) that said that in order to properly raise a child, one should make at least $60,000 a year. Give me a break. If that were mandated, I wouldn't have my daughter, but I take care of her just fine on what my husband and I do make.

Answer 5

To drive a car you need "proof of financial responsibility"? Thats totaly b/s. Have you driven lately? Dont you notice that they'll give a drivers license to any idiot? Thus causing car insurance rates to sky rocket. But you're not complaining about that, you're complaining about money that would come out of your check regardless if there were people on welfare or not?

What type of financial responsibility did you need to provide to drive a car? Theres pleanty of unemployed people with cars. So think about it!

Edit: FYI I am a single mom and I pay 100% for my daughter and myself. I get no child support but i'm not living off of the government either.

Answer 6

I'm not sure about this one, but I do agree with the person who said we should only allow women to get aid on X number of children. I believe that number should be ONE! I mean, I do understand about certain hardships, and I do know that sometimes bad things happen to good people. I'm not talking about those people who just find themselves falling on hard times once in their life. The people I am referring to are those who are already living off the government who continue to have kids and not get jobs. I think after the first child, the woman should be required to get a job and provide for her child, with financial assistance. If she decides to have another child while on assistance, then she would forfeit any governmental support, period. We need to break this horrible cycle of welfare families immediately!

Answer 7

To enforce such a law would step onto moral ground. Many, including myself, do not believe in birth control. So why force us to use it? That's like forcing a woman who wants an abortion not to have one. Just because a few families take advantage of the welfare system doesn't mean everyone does. My husband and I work very hard and still can't make ends meet. I'm going to school as well. Where would that leave me and my family? I pay taxes and can't get anything as far as help for school. I should get some help from the government. Contrary to what you may think, some women utilize the government's help to better themselves so they don't need the government's help anymore.

Answer 8

I think you must be a republican.

So how would you enforce that...force everyone to wear chastity belts until they met your standards of financial responsiblity?

If my parents had done that, my brother and I would be the only one of my five siblings here......4 of which now have masters degrees, one pastor, one special ed teacher, one hospice worker, and one SAHM and social worker with special needs children......the 3rd had some issues at birth but is functional with a loving wife and two great kids...one of which is off fighting Bush's war.

There is a sense of entitlement among some of the less fortunate that is disturbing, however you need to stop being a sheep and research exactly how much of your tax dollards goes to feed the poor......pennies on the dollar (LITTERALLY...in 1997 it was less than 5 cents)...nothing compared to the billions we spend on corporate welfare...giving tax breaks to companies that outsource jobs, or the money we spend on the war against the people who had no weapons of mass destruction so that now we can't afford to go after the people that not only do, but have out and out threatened our country.

Besides who's level of financial responsiblity......my feeling was that we had to have enough for me to stay home in a decent neighborhood....my husband's was that we had to have enough for me to stay home in a nice neighborhood in a big house, my friends was that they had to be able to pay daycare as that was her choice.

I think this is a stupid idea..with some basis for the feeling, I work with "impoverished" people some of which use a cell phone while they tell me they can't buy milk.....I understand the frustration....but you can't force your way into people's lives like that.

Answer 9

you should have thought this question out more before posting it. did you know that 75% of americans live paycheck to paycheck. plus you must think about the woman who cant take birth control for health reason or ppl that are allergic to condoms.

so are you saying that the government should get rid of wic? i know a lot of couple that are using wic and guess what..they are military. these ppl work for the government and dont make enough.

maybe you should have thought about this question more. you could be financially stable when you had the child then lose your job later on and have a hard time finding a new one. what must the government take your child away...

Answer 10

First, who gets to determine what constitutes "financial responsibility"? What is financially irresponsible to you might not be to me. Second, many people do have children when they are "financially responsible" but for a myriad of reasons end up with less money than they started with. People lose jobs, they get divorced, they die. I suppose those children would be removed from their parents and given to parents who have what you deem enough money?

p.s. In the U.S. you most certainly do not have to have proof of financial responsibility to drive a car. You only have to have proof of insurance.