So does government spending stimulate the economy? YES and here is the numbers

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Mr Khan said:

mrstickball said:

Do you know what we did when we didn't have legal abortions nor welfare benefits?

It was called 'adoption'. In the US, over 10% of all children were given away by poor parents and given to those that could not have kids or wanted more.

Maybe we need to consider revising our laws and encouraging adoption as a middle path - no required abortions, less welfare. We've regulated adoption to make it nearly impossible for those that want it.

I was under the assumption that adoption rates were far lower than would be necessary to alleviate the problem all on its own

Adoption would certainly be yet more efficient, but for whatever reason i was under the assumption that the will isn't there

No. Prior to the legalization of abortion, adoption rates were litterally 13-15 times higher than they are today. Abortion caused a depression of the number of adoptions available (understandable), but at the same time, adoption laws became stricter and more difficult. Today, its easier to go overseas and adopt a baby from Asia than it is to adopt one right here in the states. If the laws and regulations were relaxed, you would probably be able to have far more adoptions and situations where both ends - the unfit parents and barren parents meet in the middle and are able to help eachother out.