Had you been poor before?
Had you ever had only 80cts in your pocket and had to walk 15km
home just because you don't have 10cts more to take a short bus
trip?
Had you lived on just red bean bun for lunch?
Had you seen how a child just drink only water or ravage
dustbins for scrap?
Had you seen how parents whom love their children, had
many, and yet could not even afford to pay electricity bills for
home, let alone education for their children?
Fortunately there are not many such people in Spore, as our
State( our society) had contributed a lot, but being only a
population of est 3million of middle class, there is only how much
we can offer.
It is easy to lay claims that 'no mother should be made to give
up their children' if one lived in palaces and knows not the
realistic suffering others go through-be him/her rich or poor.
Throughout the course of civilisation, there had always been
rich and poor. In Spore, we had done everything we could to elevate
the largely poor into an afluent middle class. But no matter how,
there will still be some who fall through the cracks. But this
topic is not really about the poor, but how we can help increase
birthrate by having Sporeans have more babies, regardless of rich
or poor.
Many claim to want babies, but put off by raising costs. It
would seem thus that they are not prepared to sacrifice for their
child and see child bearing in terms of monetary calculations.
Thus, it is this specific target group who would be probably
fertile and given the monetary incentive to give birth and
spare the costs of rearing the children, leaving it to those whom
love and want children, rich or poor.
Then perhaps you should consider lowering the burden for the group
of people putting off having babies because of rising cost
?
So you think the poor are prepared to sacrifice their children
for money ? That is a slap in the face to the poor people.
Have you read the recent newpaper, a woman killed her lover whom
sold away her 3 weeks old son. WHY ?
If she is so poor.. why is it so hard for her to give up her own
child even though she knew she couldn't afford to ?
All this while you claim the affluent give to the poor.
Your so called PLAN.. is essentially making the poor give to the
rich..over a measly amount of money. Who is the one truly
benefitting ?
Giving a piece of themselves .. so the rich can enjoy something
God decided not to give them.
How would a child feel if he found out he was created so that
the parents can exchange him for $1200 ?