sell your sterility/fertility

[colubridae]

How about we stop paying for people's kids first?

Too problematic. The idea is to 'avoid' the problem of unwanted/accidental kids before it occurs.

Would you exclude people who have already reproduced? I doubt those who want to have kids will be tempted by a little bit of money. Sometimes carrots aren't enough, you need sticks too.

Those already having reproduced are excluded. The offer as stated in the OP is to non-parents.

I doubt those who want to have kids will be tempted by a little bit of money.

The idea is not to stop people having children if they want them. But to, in a way, make a start on solving overpopulation. Of course there’s no knowing whether such a scheme would be effective either entirely or as part of a suite of measures.
If it's a success and helps, yippee. If it isn’t no-one has lost out, it is an offer, there is no coercion involved.

[Mallardz]

I'll have to discuss it with misses first. If we both do it we may make a pretty penny.

[colubridae]

I'll have to discuss it with misses first. If we both do it we may make a pretty penny.

Errr just to make it clear, I’m not offering money, I’m suggesting concerned governments do.

It is a proposed scheme.

[Gerald McGrew]

The main problem with this sort of program is it can easily be seen as having racist or social darwinist intents. You'll end up with mostly poor people (who happen to be mostly minorities) taking the offer, whereas wealthier (mostly whites) people won't need the cash as bad and will accept the offer at far lower rates.

[Audley Strange]

So I came up with this idea a few years back. What we do is offer a lot of money to young men to have their sperm stored and a free vasectomy. They have sole ownership rights of that sperm to do with what they wish.

[Azathoth]

Seems like a perfect way to stop poor people breeding

edit: to the OP that is not you Audley

[Azathoth]

So I came up with this idea a few years back. What we do is offer a lot of money to young men to have their sperm stored and a free vasectomy. They have sole ownership rights of that sperm to do with what they wish.

Great idea in theory but it would also have the side effect of sending STD rates through the roof

[Mallardz]

I'll have to discuss it with misses first. If we both do it we may make a pretty penny.

Errr just to make it clear, I’m not offering money, I’m suggesting concerned governments do.

It is a proposed scheme.

That's okay this is going to take more than a single evening to decide. So the government have time.

[colubridae]

The main problem with this sort of program is it can easily be seen as having racist or social darwinist intents. You'll end up with mostly poor people (who happen to be mostly minorities) taking the offer, whereas wealthier (mostly whites) people won't need the cash as bad and will accept the offer at far lower rates.

So this is a good idea, It just looks bad?
A good idea is bad if it looks bad?

And if I said it was aimed, that would suddenly make it a bad idea?

It is an offer, no-one is mandated to take it up. It's open to everyone irrespective of class, colour, wealth, sex, hirsuteness, whatever (species, if you like ).

[Warren Dew]

The main issue with government doing it is that the first world governments with the money are the ones with low total fertility rates that don't need to control population. If you made anyone eligible worldwide that would be better - it would cost less, and have more impact on areas with high fertility rates where it's needed - but the third world governments might object.

I'm not even sure you need government funding. There's already at least one charity doing this on a limited basis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Prevention

I need to remember to put them on my charitable donation list.

[JimC]

I'm sure that the Indian Government had a program of subsidised sterilisation at one stage...

[Tyrannical]

The Planet isn't over populated, just certain 2nd/3rd world countries. And their problem isn't my problem.

[Svartalf]

Why should I get snipped when I seem perfectly able to abstain from reproducing without a medical procedure?

[FBM]

I've never fathered anyone (as far as I know). Sign me up for 50k. Fuck yeah!

[colubridae]

Why should I get snipped when I seem perfectly able to abstain from reproducing without a medical procedure?

This scheme does not demand that you get snipped. If you don't want it don't have it.

I'm also sure that no matter how benign it is, there must inevitably be some health risks involved, however small or low the probabilities.