> But quite frankly, those with limited access to contraception and the work-shy will procreate anyway, whether the state boosts their income or not. > Those wi

> But quite frankly, those with limited access to contraception and the work-shy will procreate anyway, whether the state boosts their income or not. > Those with mortgages and careers and high IQ will not. Not that IQ is necessarily genetic, but it does tend to run in families. I find all of this Neo-Malthusian. There's abundant data showing that the more educated is a population, the less kids per capita they produce. This does not mean that the uneducated or poor shouldn't reproduce. > And parents with babies dying in the streets is the worst solution morally (and hygienically). Oh come on, that's not what is going to happen if we lift the monthly baby cheque.