Stupid people keep breeding more stupid people....and then they will blame the government and run around with their hand out demanding entitlements for their crotch monsters. Ugh. The government needs to stop rewarding stupidity.

@SkotlandSkye I agree completely, but can you even imagine the revolution in the streets if the gov't made any move to reduce family size? Even the environmental groups all agreed among themselves years ago that talking about population growth vs reduction was a losing battle, even though that was the ONE key solution to all the other issues. Best we can do is try to get people educated and into productive careers and give them their own selfish reason to limit family size.

I have family in WV and I can attest to the accuracy of this statement. Granny had nine kids, most of them had kids and their kids are having kids. Most of them have been married multiple times, have multiple kids by different men and women. One has like four kids from four different dad's, none of them involved in the lives of the kids. There's one who has no kids.

@LunaStarr My bet is the one with no kids doesn't get much attention or respect from the family.

@mtnhome nope. Me neither and that's fine by me.

@SkotlandSkye, @mtnhome this may not be everywhere but in North Carolina even poor uneducated mountain people are getting fixed after two children. The reason is the government no longer gives more and more money to people with more and more children. After two children you're cut off from all additional government assistance. This has helped the situation in the mountain regions of our state tremendously.

@Kojaksmom I'd not heard that before. Are you saying the state gov't is imposing this benefit cut-off after 2 kids? If so it's the best thing that could happen. Did the religious right really allow that to happen?

@mtnhome I do believe that that is the case. No more free rides and more money for the more children you have. It still is a controversial law ,but it's the family cap law. Most uneducated mountain people are only after money. Many of them have gotten fixed after two children religious or not.