"This mostly benefits the uneducated sorts with eight squalling, dirty-faced future delinquents in tow."
Mtnbkr only has one, and one on the way. Fuzzy math, there?
I'd be willing to bet he can afford to have them, though!
I only object to the people who keep popping out kids and can't even afford one, and demand that the taxpayers step in to help.
Kids are great...if you can afford to feed them.
(The Sun paper in the UK today just had a story about a 17-year-old welfare mum who's had two kids by two brothers, both unemployed and on benefits as well. They're definitely beating us in the Jerry Springer level of things...!)
To be perfectly honest, though, if the idea is to get people spending the money, who is most likely to spend that money?
And yeah, you're right, that sort will blow it on instantly depreciating Chinese consumer goods. It's still a bit depressing though!