Why do poor people have kids?
 

Im watching this thing about minimum wage and how factory workers cant afford to support their families because theyre on the poverty line.
Why the hell do people have kids when they have no money to support them?
Why don't people save money first and build their lives up before having a family?

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welfare checks

We should ask Asia. They fuck like rabbits over there. Its totally insane. Indonesia alone has like 85M people. The Philippines have about 50M I think.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_by_population

Of the top 15 countries, 9 are in Asia! And for the most part they're all quite poor (aside from Japan).

Poor people fuck a lot because they're sad that they're poor, and fucking takes their mind off that.

To tell you the truth I think its the opposite in a lot of cases. My dads whole family (there's 6) has at least 3 kids, most have 4-5. They simply want kids. It brings them happiness. My dad just told me yesterday his wife is pregnant. People like kids.

Perhaps the rich and well off are just too busy for kids and always keep that in mind.

There is more than a grain of truth in that Sly :thumbsup

Can't help notice folks who are sure not "rich", but have a different set of standards which brings them more "wealth" than others hunting a dollar.

People aren't planning on having children when they are making like sex starved bunnies. It happens.

Wouldn't it be nice if the world was a perfect place and we all made 3.5 million a year

My mom has 4 kids and I've heard her say numerous times that she wished she had another.

Some people really are poor and just plain stupid. Others just like kids and make appropriate arrangements when needed.

Christmas at grandmas is crazy, always like 50-60 people haha. Big families are actually kind of cool. I've often heard people say "wow I don't have any cousins" or "my cousins live really far away".

Poor people fuck because they are people like the rest of us, and fucking feels good.
If everyone waited until life was perfect to have kids, most of us wouldn't be here.

they fuck as much as the rest of us, they just can't afford condoms or birth control

I have an idea:

"It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors, crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and importuning every passenger for an alms. These mothers, instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in strolling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants...

"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout...

"Infant's flesh will be in season throughout the year, but more plentiful in March, and a little before and after; for we are told by a grave author, an eminent French physician, that fish being a prolific diet, there are more children born in Roman Catholic countries about nine months after Lent than at any other season; therefore, reckoning a year after Lent, the markets will be more glutted than usual, because the number of popish infants is at least three to one in this kingdom..."

it brings a point to life

1) Because people of all income brackets like to do the bang bang.
2) Social programs (welfare)
3) It's human nature to want to procreate
4) Cheap labor. My son will be designing websites by age 3.

if you like kids you see to it that you have a stable economy so you can afford having kids!! For their good.

1) most important reason is procreation (also poor people tend to have as many kids as possible cos only some of them will grow up. they can't afford hospitals and sometimes even food so they give birth to 10-15 kids so at least 5 of them could survive)
2) support. children support their old parents. the more kids you have - the more chances you won't be starving when you are old. Rich people don't have this motivation.
3) cheap labor/ more working hands
4) ignorance. they don't know about condoms, or don't know how to use them, or their religion doesn't allow condoms or abortion etc
5) just fun. most of them never travel, visit theatres, watch TV (cos they don't have any) so their only entertainment is sex.

You pretty much covered the bases there. Same reason why farmers always had large families. People who were always around to help take care of the farm, bring in the crops, take care of the family and eventually take over the farm.

Poor people are less likely to move away from their parents/family so there is always some sort of 'support' available, even if it does mean cramming 10-15 people into a shitty double wide trailer.

Because pro-creation is an human right and not just the right of rich.

You propose in your statement that poor people cease to be human, but they don't agree with you and therefore have children just like humans are supposed to.

It's actually a very sick sign of humanity for a person to base procreation on a dollar. But welcome to america where a dollar is our fucking God.

Ah,

Dont you think poor people have the desire to have children?
They have the right to have children even when they are poor.
In many countries there is no way out of poredom! they are born poor and dont have any chance becomming "rich"
They are normal people just like everybody else, with the same disires and hope..Offcoz they have the right to make children.. sometimes having children is the only positive thing in life..
when you are poor you can still give love to children..

Thank you!

Because they want. They want to have familly and to care about their familly. Have someone to support, someone to love. Don't you understand?
If you will keep on thinking that you have no money to have kids, you will never have them.

because they have sex?

Poor people tend to be more religious and religious people have lots of children because god wants the world to be filled with more religious nincompoops.

bingo !!! altough at least over here everybody knows about condoms, you can get them for free as well, but most of the poor people simply don't use them

haha everest nailed it.

i thinks it's because kids have to work.

Poor is a relative term as well. More often than not, you see these "poor people" bitching and moaning, but one of them doesn't work, or they both don't work, or they dropped out of school at age 8 or something... or they just can't seem to keep a job.

I remember watching a documentary a couple of years back about the welfare --> emplyment programs in some states. Many of the people in these programs had no sense of responsiblity, no sense of time, and didn't think it important to show up every day. Most of them didn't know HOW to keep a job, and the jobs they would get were bottom of the barrel lowest of the low... and they had no chance to move up because of their shitty attitudes, being late, and taking days off for no reason. They were without a doubt their own worst enemies.

The scary part? one girl was like 19, single mother of THREE kids. That's right, 19 with THREE kids. She had been popping them out since 16, and apparently didn't see any connection between dropping out of school in grade 9 and having 3 kids as being a reason why she was having a hard time finding a job, let alone one that paid enough.

You can give some people a clue, write it down, staple it to their foreheads... and they still won't have a chance.

its complicated...

They don`t have money for condoms:)
In my country the poor people is making kids year after year to take the money from the state. This is sucks!!!!

This may shock some people on here BUT money is not the only thing in the world and with some people money does not run their daily lives.

Right on, Webby, I agree with that completely.

The poor are trying to have more kids so they can build their population big enough to wage war and kill assholes like you and take land and mis-treat the fuck out of you for doing it to them. There...happy now.

Here in the Uk the biggest families tend to be the poorest and the least well educated - not to say the least intelligent. Ha!

But they are.

Pond life is taking over the world.

All you people who are saying that money does not rule, well weather or not this is true the fact of the matter is that it becomes very difficult to raise children without any money. They need to be fed and clothed at the very least. It just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have a child when you yourself are struggling to make ends meet; these people are adding another expense to their lives that most of them can't handle. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against having children I just believe that there is a time and a place for everything and don't believe that everyone is fit to be a parent, it's a shame that any old fucker can have them.

Actually I know a lot of women who are single and were actually in a good postion to have a child until they got dumped by their partner who will not support them financially and then get stuck with a child and very little help and time to actually find a paying job since all the responsability have been put on their shoulders alone.

But that's only one reason.

poor people gotta make their lives feel like they have a purpose somehow.

i was chatting with a gal that works at the bakery by my place . . she told me she and her hubby were having sever $$ issues . . no gas money, late on the bills etc . . have 2 kids . . next time i spoke with her she was preg and so happy about it . . what can ya say?

because they sex!

so yer saying people can have kids and demand that I pay for it?

when surviving depends on exchanging money for goods to live, you have to base it on 'a dollar' to some extent. unless these people are totall self sufficent (which you'll pretty much never see in america) they need money to some extent just so the kids can eat. if you are having kids you can't even afford to feed and cloth, that should be a crime. sure its a 'right' but is it right to bring children into the world when even their most basic of needs won't be met?

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The rich have so many condoms they are finding other uses for them.

OK... "Rich" is relative, and it's nice to know you may have $1mill stuffed in a bank, - but that is not exactly going to change your whole life (despite what many folks think).

It's also true that there is a element of abusers in any society - that will never change and it's nothing new.

Decrying people who are not "rich" can often be unjustified and often arises out of a stereotype where folks who are not rich are classified as "losers" blah.

Can think of a few people who are not rich, but they have contributed more in their lifetime than 99% of us ever will do. Academically, they are highly educated and with a wealth of experience which has been applied to help others. These folks are highly respected for who they are - not how much money they have. They have a very modest lifestyle and have no problems with that.

One is a college professor (least by profession), but he spends his time on projects and eg just finished a project in Africa heading 3000 people working on developing methods of growing food in the desert, for which he got UN awards and where the UN have adopted his model. He also has testimonials from ministers of many govts where he offered his services and worked with them. This guy can't even afford a car - he's a giver, not a taker - and we gave him a car to help him get around. Between his projects - he's personally involved in helping others. All he wants to ensure is that his family have an education and ensure they are equipped to be able to offer something in their lives.

Another is an international jurist. She has negotiated everything from international boundary disputes to regional conflicts. Sure, she got her expenses covered for her work, but she is not "rich" or anything near that level and lives in a very modest home. Recently she was the first lady to be appointed as a justice to an international court and she is looking forward to being of use to the court, - at least she will be salaried during her term as a justice, - but that is not why she has accepted the nomination. Her interests come from being able to contribute - not from a financial aspect.

Despite both have barely any dollars between them, they are highly respected both locally and internationally. Back to - it's who you are that matters, - not how many dollars you may be clutching :pimp

It's a lottery. One of the little vermin will grow up and help take care of the parents.

Too poor to afford heating in the winter so they fuck...

I know some people around here that just keep popping them out because they get more money each month from the Gov.... Indian reservation

May be in Africa poor people don't use condoms, but in any country even poor person knows how not to get pregnant.

maybe because kids are very happy thing to have.... and you talk like that because maybe you are not parent...

You have a point there, but that's only with those that are extremely poor like
in the 3rd world. But most of the "minimum wage and factory workers", like
TS stated have a lot of kids because they feel rich/happy having them.

I have a friend who works at (almost) minimum wage, and he has 4 kids running
around.. The guy can't afford any luxury at all, so I asked him one day why he
and his wife (she's not working) did decide to have that many kids.
He could have 2 and live (imho) relatively good..

He turned his head to his kids who were sitting at the dining table
and just said "Jazz man, I live like a king just look at my treasures".
And there they were. Sitting at the dining table, playing a board game
and laughing like only kids can laugh. It was just like in some family-movie.
I immediately understood what he was trying to say.