Just Politics

[Monksdream]

This is part and parcel of the law of unintended consequences. To say, oh, I don't want to subsidize bums, and a lot of people find it hard to subsidize bums, no matter how meager the subsidy. Unfortunately, bums can be parents, too. Does that mean the child of a bum should be neglected simply for being the child of a bum? A rational person, I would think, would say, of course not. However, like it or not, helping the child often entails subsidizing the bum.

In my view, like it or not, it is a condition I must accept as being a rational view. I would prefer to live in a society that opts to make a choice that is difficult to make yet is still the right choice.