Monday, May 03, 2004
Death of the middle class? Solution: stop them from being born
Michael at No Right Turn has added an optimistic commentary on the solution to the fall of the middle class. Apparently these people should not have breed in the first place.
Although Idiot is bang on in his analysis of the predicament that the middle class find themselves in, the "struggling middle class family" in question's problems are largely of their own making. At the end of the day they chose to have children that they couldn't afford...its no use whinging to Helen Clarke about it.So if a family earning slightly less than the average household income are limited to less than four children, where does that leave us? Three, two, 2.4 if you earn $70,000 plus??
Perhaps we should have to apply to the Government, mortgage style, before having kids? Simplistic bollocks Mikey boy, and for a thinker such as yourself, could you not address the issue at root cause and acknowledge that there is enough wealth to be had in the world to allow New Zealand to return to the quarter acre pavalova paradise scenario we once treasured. Don't get me started on the number of families on benefits that are encouraged to have kids for additional government 'support'.
This argument clearly defines the difference between self determination on a personal level (less Government interference - and tax) and vote winning populism (unsustainable and tax heavy). If that is the difference between left and right then I am not ambidextrous.
Not to mention the fact that one of biggest problems facing the country at the moment is the fact that we can barely afford to support the aging population - then where does this sort of thinking leave us? Start saving Mike, and when you find a wife - get used to cold showers...
