Daddy Nobucks: When Involuntary Fathers Are Forced to Foot The Bill
Am I the only one who thinks of NYC Mayor Lindsey? As in:
A welfare mother, screaming at New York mayor John Lindsay (responsible for much of the city’s rise in welfare cases), expressed the system’s new philosophy: “It’s my job to have kids, Mr. Mayor, and your job to take care of them.”
I remember growing up in NYC, during this time. And yes this was real, there was a cottage industry in illegitimate babies, because the support payments scaled per child. Each net bastard was net profit.
What with welfare reform and all, this is passe. But again, we have women, who have been granted (rightly or wrongly) final control over whether a child is born, trying to find someone else to pay. Except this time, since the legislative route is closed, it has to be done through the courts.
Personal responsibility is *not* expecting someone else to pay for YOUR decision. You want men to be on the hook to pay for *any* child, desired or not, let men decide whether or not the child should be born. Only fair.
But that will *never* happen.
