[pavedwalden]

I've never bought the idea that welfare recipients would bear children strategically. Surely after the first child, they'd realize that this was a difficult way to increase their top-line income. Not sure where I'd look for data on this, but my gut feeling is that poor people who have a bunch of poorly-cared-for-children get pregnant because they're bad at planning ahead, not because they've been inventivized by a subsidy.

[NathanLands]

Growing up in Alabama, I met tons of poor people that did exactly that and they'd tell you about it.

[dclowd9901]

I think you're mistakingly assuming the kind of person who would do this would provide a similar (or any kind of) quality of life to their kids that you would.

I know of 3 small children in my own life whose parents collect welfare, and are meth addicted.

[mixmastamyk]

Second and third children are not as difficult as they keep each other busy.