Welfare in exchange for self-regulation of reproduction (or voluntary castration

Welfare in exchange for self-regulation of reproduction (or voluntary castration), otherwise no imposition of constraints but no welfare. If the behavior then imposes costs, treat it as any other imposition of costs. Simple as.

Just showing it can be done without forcing anyone into anything. The key thing we have to do and aren’t doing now is that those having children they cannot afford are imposing costs onto society that is unwilling to let those children suffer poverty, hunger and disease.

This is why having children you can’t support and externalizing their costs onto others, is ‘creating a moral hazard’. Meaning you’re blackmailing the good people into having to pay for your bad judgment because we all warranty one another against risks. Indiscipline isn’t risk.

The slippery slope is the hard problem, yes. But it’s a hard problem whether we ignore it or act on it. Controlling reproduction and preventing export of labor markets is the ‘soft’ method of controlling it.