WWW,
I understand what you are saying but when the alternative is to support them all their life I think it is worth it. I have a high regard and respect for those in the training sections of the various UK armed forces. They can turn boys into men. This challenge is not above their abilities.
As I have said the alternative is far worse. Lifetime support for them and more increasingly their offspring. There are families in this country that are on the 3rd and 4th generation of benefits. Do we just give up on these people? No, that is too easy and too expensive.
I know of at least two of the people I went to school with that are now grandparents. I am only 32. Their parents were on benefits, they are on benefits, their kids are on benefits and what chance for these newborns?
As for conscription into the armed forces, it was good enough in two World Wars.
I look forward to hearing more from you.
Cheers
BHR
