[Rick Lee]

Originally posted by competentone
I'd offer "survival" security for anyone who wants it -- just as long as they under go mandatory sterilization before they receive any assistance.

Some might say my suggestion is "radical," but stop and think about it:

If a person is not even capable of sustaining their own life, logically, they are clearly incapable of providing for offspring and should not have any. (This is the "law of the jungle" -- only the "fit" get to reproduce; we've kind of messed up the natural evolutionary forces that got our species to its current position, the welfare system supports and rewards those least qualified to reproduce.)

One of the greatest benefits that we would gain, if, as a society we implemented a strict program of "sterilization before any free lunch," is that we would finally be able to determine once-and-for-all if there really are "born losers."

If, over a generation or two of a mandatory sterilization program for the "free-loaders," the free-loading population disappeared, we would know that the "lack of ambition" behavior was an inbred behavior. If on-the-other-hand, a free-loading population remained, generation after generation, we would know there are other elements at work creating the behavior besides genetics.

I like this idea too. A the very least, anyone on public assistance should lose it immediately if they get pregnant.