[mikemike]

Oddly enough neither you no winder mention teenage boys (hopefully) sticking their junk where they shouldn't.... speaks volumes.
how about an ejaculation tax as well for minors.

I didn't mention because there is currently no form of male birth control other than condoms (which could of course be provided for free as part of this program as they are already provided for free in many high schools and other sources) or vasectomies. Something is needed that provides continuous idiot proof protection for these teenagers and can be discontinued easily. Condoms and regular BC pills don't meet the idiot proof requirement and vasectomies don't meet the ease of discontinuation requirement. I didn't use any gender specific language in regards to the child license, so a single father could pony up the the cash to raise a child he was responsible for creating. We need regulations to fix this invisible hand problem.

[jeffkrol]

I didn't mention because there is currently no form of male birth control other than condoms (which could of course be provided for free as part of this program as they are already provided for free in many high schools and other sources) or vasectomies. Something is needed that provides continuous idiot proof protection for these teenagers and can be discontinued easily. Condoms and regular BC pills don't meet the idiot proof requirement and vasectomies don't meet the ease of discontinuation requirement. I didn't use any gender specific language in regards to the child license, so a single father could pony up the the cash to raise a child he was responsible for creating. We need regulations to fix this invisible hand problem.

Short of an authoritarian dystopia there is no way to "idiot proof" the world..........

We need regulations to fix this invisible hand problem.

funny..............

[jeffkrol]

If you start to believe what the fed can and can't do w/ it's money (after all children are "consumers" too) you may realize this is a (and only a) "moral" issue....
Coupled w/ the fact that the "invisible hand" never turns a consumer (or potential slave laborer) away (regardless of where the cash came from) you may also realize why the "situation" is only "lightly" addressed...........

In "my world" this is how it is.... Change societies "moral image" and parents attitudes and you will fix it. No amount of cash (or lack of) is a good long term inhibitor of this issue...
Which is why we no longer have debtors prisons.. we have evolved a teeny bit.............

[mikemike]

Short of an authoritarian dystopia there is no way to "idiot proof" the world..........



funny..............

There is a lot of room for improvement, the government is full of failing idiots.

[jeffkrol]

There is a lot of room for improvement, the government is full of failing idiots.

The "people" aren't too swift either....

Mitchell’s laws:
●The more budgets are cut and taxes increased, the weaker an economy becomes.
●Until the 99% understand the need for federal deficits, the upper 1% will rule.
●To survive long term, a monetarily non-sovereign government must have a positive balance of payments.
●Austerity = poverty and leads to civil disorder.
●Those, who do not understand the differences between Monetary Sovereignty and monetary non-sovereignty, do not understand economics.

[kswier]

We have plenty of states. Starting at age 12, simply move all females to the west of the Mississippi, all males to the east. Should they ever marry, they are free to settle anywhere in the USA. Should they divorce, if still fertile, back they go to the segregated states... if provably infertile, they can stay where they are.

My freshman year in college, I lived in a dorm that was basically one long hall. The first portion of the hall was all guys, the middle portion was co-ed, and the final portion was all girls. The guys portion of the hall always smelled terrible, the middle portion smelled normal, and the girls portion was always thick with the smell of perfume and other fruity smelling stuff (enough to make you cough as you walked through). If the entire United States was structured this way, I fear for our noses.

[jeffkrol]

Though it has very little to do w/ this thread (except as a social statement) it is "funny" enough to post...

An article in ESPN's Body Issue revealed that the Olympic Village is basically one giant sex-fest.
US women's soccer player Hope Solo was especially vocal on the issue, claiming she slept with a celebrity (that she wouldn't name) and that people are having sex right out in the open... "On the grass, between buildings. People are getting down and dirty."
And the Olympic planners have apparently taken note that there is A LOT of sex going on because they are giving out a record 150,000 condoms to athletes, according to the Daily Mail.
At the last Olympics, there were 70,000 free condoms available, and well, that was not enough.

Have fun and stay safe everyone!

A Record 150,000 Condoms Will Be Handed Out At This Summer's Olympics - Business Insider