Posted by machine_easy2 on January 16, 2014, 7:58 pm
If you throw a cigaret out of the window while driving down the road, you could get a $1500 fine. Meanwhile, in an age where birth control is readily available, often for free, you can have a kid you can't afford or don't intend to care for, and get food stamps and tax breaks for it.
That makes sense. Steeply punish a very small (non) crime. Reward a large one.