The world punishes the honest and hard working

[Wysiwyg]

last point, natural selection in a really screwed up way. (just from what i see at work)
mr ceo rises to the top perfectly able to house and care fully for probably 20 kids... but he only has one.. (or his high powered wife is only able to conceive once due to stress from work)
mr and mrs dole bludging baby bonus scabbers are barely able support their drug habit with tax payers money let alone their children... and yet somehow they're the most fertile people on the planet.

So the Australian welfare system makes it possible or would the types that do this expansive breeding do it anyway without community support? Thus leading to a greater poverty cycle as they experience in parts of Africa where people breed a lot even though they can't support offspring.

Maybe it is simply that on a survival front, financial wealth will guarantee a certain level of survival while on the other hand a large family group will ensure a certain level of survival.

 

[Julia]

So the Australian welfare system makes it possible or would the types that do this expansive breeding do it anyway without community support? Thus leading to a greater poverty cycle as they experience in parts of Africa where people breed a lot even though they can't support offspring.

You're describing breeding in two very different situations. In much of Africa, the large numbers of children occur as a result of ignorance/lack of education and inadequate access to contraception.

No such problem here in the great welfare state of Australia, where large families remove the unpleasant burden of having to work.

I recall a particular example of this back when I was working in the welfare sector:
A single woman with six children was bemoaning the fact that the eldest was about to turn 16 and she would (then) lose the family benefit payment for that teenager.
No problem though. She stated she would just get pregnant again and not only maintain the household budget, but enjoy the baby bonus as well. She had never worked and clearly did not intend to start.

Maybe it is simply that on a survival front, financial wealth will guarantee a certain level of survival while on the other hand a large family group will ensure a certain level of survival.

That reasoning makes sense in countries more primitive than Australia where indeed a larger number of children are required to shore up against the likelihood of several of them dying through disease. Doesn't hold any weight here, however.