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Here are my opinions.

Forced sterilization - I don't want us to become Communist China. I have lived in China and have read real stories of women onto whom this was forced. As was abortion. No government should ever have that kind of control over someone's body. However, I believe in making sterilization an incentivized option for addicts. Let them get something in return for it, and let it be their own decision. Here is another thought: I am friends with a family who has adopted two children from a drug addict who kept sleeping around. These friends of mine love those children like their own. Some food for thought. God has a plan for every child born.

As a conservative who feels strongly about social issues, I feel that way because I believe that laws about abortion and marriage matter because family is the fabric of society, and anytime the basic structure of family is tampered with, society pays the bills. That's all I want to say on that so as to be respectful for the forum rules, but again, just some food for thought.

Handouts - there is no way that does not involve mass chaos and rioting by which we can just go cold turkey and turn off the handout faucet. Look at the riots all over Europe due to the austerity measures. Now multiply that by hundreds of gangs and thousands of illegal weapons, and kabloom, big problem. It is not realistic. Maybe I am too pessimistic, but that's my take on it. So, we have to - again - incentivize people getting off the government dole. Make it worth it to them. Or make it really painful to stay on handouts. Either way, make it a choice they own.