That’s Right Nate

Following an excellent blog post I saw last night http://notyourdaddy.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/how-to-stop-propagating-poverty/, I commented and further expanded with my own comments http://thatsrightnate.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/help-fight-poverty/.  Now, a friend of mine sent me even more interesting stats on the issue.

 It seems that German scientists have also been studying the problem.  Here is what they found out:

I’m not sure where their figures come from, but if this study is to be believed, healthy well taken care of children are becoming a smaller and smaller segment of society.  Furthermore the study goes onto say:

Thus the number of unfit inhabitants rose from 10 per 1,000 to 40 in only 50 years. The population as a whole rose by about 50%, but the number of the unfit rose by about 300%, six times greater than the average. It is no wonder that in Germany today we have:

• 1,000,000 feeble-minded
• 250,000 cases of genetic mental deficiency
• 90,000 epileptics
• 40,000 inherited cases of physical handicaps

Most of those with genetic diseases and deficiencies are entirely unable to survive on their own. They cannot care for themselves, but have to be cared for in institutions. This costs the state huge sums each year. The costs of caring for a genetically ill person are eight times as high as those for a normal person. A child who is an idiot costs as much as four or five healthy children. The cost of eight years of normal schooling is about 10,000 euros. The schooling for a deaf child costs about 20,000 euros. In all, the German government  spends around 1.2 billion euros each year for the care and treatment of citizens with genetic diseases.

These enormous sums cannot be used to benefit the healthy part of our people. How many sport fields, swimming pools, housing developments and kindergartens could be built with this money, had the danger to our people by the unfit been recognized in past decades. He who has visited an institution for the genetically ill cannot but feel a sense of guilt for these unhappy creatures, who despite the principles of genuine humanity, were brought to life.

Some of the translation is a bit rough obviously, but the point remains, the least able to take care of themselves are having the most children and it is society as a whole that suffers.  We need a movement for the better off and the healthier to produce more of our country’s children.  Perhaps some of you attractive female readers would like to start with a professional 39 year old blogger.