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Re:Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions? by pavedwalden on Thursday January 21, 2016 @08:55PM (#10950213)
I've never bought the idea that welfare recipients would bear children strategically. Surely after the first child, they'd realize that this was a difficult way to increase their top-line income. Not sure where I'd look for data on this, but my gut feeling is that poor people who have a bunch of poorly-cared-for-children get pregnant because they're bad at planning ahead, not because they've been inventivized by a subsidy.
Re:Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions? by NathanLands on Thursday January 21, 2016 @09:55PM (#10950462)
Growing up in Alabama, I met tons of poor people that did exactly that and they'd tell you about it.
Re:Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions? by dclowd9901 on Friday January 22, 2016 @01:37AM (#10951164)
I think you're mistakingly assuming the kind of person who would do this would provide a similar (or any kind of) quality of life to their kids that you would.

I know of 3 small children in my own life whose parents collect welfare, and are meth addicted.

Re:Why Are Corporations Hoarding Trillions? by mixmastamyk on Thursday January 21, 2016 @10:57PM (#10950667)
Second and third children are not as difficult as they keep each other busy.