If we can't get rid of the control already present, then the only solution would be eugenics. Currently we are in the mid point and it's causeing a lot of problems on the whole human race.

This sounds ideal to me- prove that, as things stand now, you can feasibly support a kid. And those who are popping out babies solely for the tax benefits are also the first who should be banned from having kids...

I'd support it, if it was done correctly. I don't mean to sound inhumane, but we really SHOULD keep survival of the fittest going. I mean we have a lot of people with so many health issues now through genetics. It's a very touchy subject though so it stays a taboo for the most part.

No, that would be a terrible idea.

Do we really need something like parenthood bogged down by government regulation? Jesus jebebus. There's also the issue of immigration (with pregnant women immigrating, as well as illegal aliens), and libertarian areas (such as Montana) where people would be mad that they couldn't even have a kid without going through paperwork anymore.

If you can't honestly see a bunch of things wrong with this idea, then I have to wonder if you really gave this more than 10 seconds of thought.

Oh wow, this is even a million times worse. Please don't tell me you really support this idea.

The only reason we are what we are as human being is because of survival of the fittest. How is that a bad idea? To make a quick repost:

If you have a cheetah that runs 20mph instead of 60, it would die off and have a very small chance of reproducing. If it does reproduce then its children would probably die off. The point is, any cheetah that runs 20mph instead of 60 is doomed. The 20mph cheetahs would most certainly would not be outnumbering the 60mph runners and they certainly wouldn't be breeding more than the 60mph ones either.

No.

You can't infringe on the rights of people to reproduce. Its been done before. Its called Nazism. I don't think that worked well.

The best way to ensure that there aren't bad parents is to ensure there are more good parents - promote education, better, more stable families, and stronger communities that will look out for children. Adoption laws should be reformed to ensure that parents that do not want the burden of child-raising can be taken care of immediately, and respectfully.

Except we don't live in that type of world anymore.

Right now, we have short people, weak people, slow people, people with disabilities, etc. They all survive perfectly well in this world because we don't live in a world where survival of the fittest applies in a kind of animalistic way. I mean, what if the government decided that you should die because you contain a bad genetic? You'd change your tune pretty quickly, I would think.

It's just like the AIDS situation. You can't stop these people from having children despite the pain and agony they put on the child. It gets to the stage where it's cruel to have children either from neglect or disease. Then again, humans will continue to be humans and being selfish is one of our main characteristsics.

Yeah, here's the problem.

Breeding licenses sound like they might be a good idea, but like prohibition, you'll find that people will simply circumvent the law and cause a lot of collateral social problems while they do it.