Why do poor people have children?

I don't understand why people who can barely afford to look after themselves will then bring children into the world who will grow up with a low standard of living.

He says whilst then demanding / forcing everybody else to pay for those kids

Throw in Free healthcare, free prescriptions, free dentisry, free school clothes, free education, free house, Free childcare, energy / clothes / food subsidies and add more roads, hospitals, schools, houses, infrastracture... NOW do the maths. This guy makes it out like its £33 quid a week whilst positively alluding the Tory benefit cap as something good, when its likely he vehemently protested against it and would repeal it in a heartbeat if he had the chance

Maybe all these kids grow up to be doctors and engineers though or maybe most follow in their terrible parents footstops by making bad choices with many resorting to crime and most working low paying jobs

currently working tax credits can be up to £60 per child per week depending on what you earn.thats about £3000 per child, per year. starts to look very attractive to have lots of children if you are poor.someone on £10,000 per year could easily double or triple his 'income' depending on how many children he has.

It’s a lot better than forcing people to pay for unjust wars, the EU, and trident, as well as massive fact government official’s pay.

I actually support a benefits cap. It’s economically viable and sensible. Don’t assume things. And plus, all those benefits, such as the "Free healthcare, free prescriptions, free dentisry, free school clothes, free education, free house, Free childcare, energy / clothes / food subsidies and add more roads, hospitals, schools, houses, infrastructure” that you mentioned are what exactly what kids need most to get ahead in life, especially if they’re from lower-income backgrounds.

Yes i agree, 3 wrongs dont make it ok to make a fourth wrong though



I understand that and of course again, i agree but why should it always come at other peoples expense? Why can't people who havent had the fortune or done ok in the genetic lottery to get ahead to make a comfortable life just not have children? I'm not suggesting people should have £200,000 saved before conceiving a child, i am saying its unfair and unjust that ignorant selfish people choose to have children when they have no property and -£850 to their name simply because they want want want without clearly and knowingly not being able to afford

Yeah, but I’m trying to say that we’re much better spending it to allow poor kids have a decent upbringing is better than spending it on worse things. However, I do think that there should be a cap of 2 or 3 kids receiving benefits to stop exploitation of the system. And they should be able to have kids because it’s an amazing opportunity and a necessity in life to have the chance to raise your own children, and watch them become a success, so that you know you’ve done ok in life, because you’ve made it better for someone else. You could say the same about it being at others expense for virtually all of the government budget. The idea is that we all chip in a bit so that we can all be better off, and it’s better that then people starving or kids focusing on whether they can eat today over focusing on their education.

wow so many c**ty people on this thread.

stop letting other peoples life choices bother you and get on with your own ****ing lives
i can guarantee at least half the people who have commented, your parents were in a poor state of life at some point whilst raising you but they choose not to let their kids know or see this and give everything they have to their children, who eventually turn into bratty little know it all's whose opinions are bigger their their genitals and then end up commenting on baity threads on TSR

Why cant you stop letting other peoples choices to complain about this bother you and get on with your own life?

I don’t think you understand how little child benefits are.
Eldest/Only child = £20.70 a week
Other children = £13.70
Don’t forget the benefit cap.
So personally you are bearing a tiny part of this, considering over 30million people are working and paying taxes

Its not a necessity though and just because someone has kids does not make the parents a success .. not when virtually everything was given to the kids by other people. Breeding is not hard nor a barometer for "success" by any objective measure (Unless you look like that ugly blubbery fish, then well played)

Labour are socialist scum. #VoteConservative for equitable, fair society, to get what you earn, and not steal from others via benefits.

Because they want children????? Just because they have a deprived socio-economic status shouldn’t mean they are denied the chance of parenthood. Live n let live

Please, explain socialism/communism, I’d like to see you properly define it. All Capitalism does it divide society into different groups, whereas we are united into one struggle under Communism. And please, tell me, how do the CEOs of big businesses earn what they make? What contributions to society do they themselves make? We would be much better off if everyone worked, and everyone benefited from the fruits of their labour. The poor are not “stealing”, they just want to live a decent life?? Since when does not wanting to be impoverished and be living a *****y life stealing??

It's everyone's business actually because all of us pay tax. Although not all poor people with children claim benefits the majority do.