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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
Well sure, my point is that one should not just have kids on the idea that they will be an insurance policy.
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That is exactly what social security was supposed to be (hence the comparison).
Somebody's kids will be doing the labor.
If you don't plan on being left to die when you can't fully support yourself, someone has to aid you.
Is it more selfish to receive that aid from children you raised or from children somebody else raised?
Those children will go on to produce much more for the world than aiding their parents in old age.
Raising kids is anything but a selfish endeavor.
That being said, there is a big difference between
having kids and
raising kids.