Monday, July 16, 2007

Paying for Procreation

This gets a big "Hmmm..." from me..... The money goes solely to mothers, rather than families? What about average education/income of the sponsored mothers? Children of immigrants born on German soil are NOT considered citizens, and the citizenship process is lengthy and expensive, so this appears to entice "native" (i.e. Aryan) women to reproduce. The whole thing smacks of Orwellian Baby Farming. Don't get me wrong: I am a big supporter of government subsidies for children's' health care and education, as well as tax breaks for families (whatever the family make-up may be). It just seems like Germany is trying to combat a dwindling population of natural citizens by buying the wombs of the poor and undereducated.

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