Ok GuiltFree here is my response.
First of all, I am not "throwing around" the fact that I am in med school, I think I mentioned it once and it was brought up again by another poster. Besides, it's just school, and I'm not a doctor yet so I guess I'm not understanding why I would be arrogant about something like that.
And I hope that you don't think because you're a doctor that your opinions will be validated for me, because that's not the case. While I'm impressed you took the time to achieve your career goals, I am not impressed with you personally in the least bit.
Your first argument means nothing at all to me, in fact I did forgo the child tax credit. And I will continue to do so. I don't need help or hand outs from the government. Having a child does not mean that I am due for government assistance like the breeders that you speak of.
Your second argument regarding public schools? It's not even worth responding to, yet here I am doing it. You went to school, correct? Your friends, family, other devoted members of the childfree club have all gone to school (I'm assuming) so that isn't even a fair argument. We all have to pay those same taxes, elderly people who have raised their kids, they still have to pay those taxes, people like me who have children who are not yet in school have to pay those taxes. It's a fact of life, get over it. Not to mention the fact that all these children that you are against will have to go to school to someday in some fashion take care of all of your sorry lives, whether it's being your doctor, your lawyer, your politicians, whatever the case may be. Now do we really want them to be uneducated? Not to mention the fact that without education these kids might end up just like the people you hate: Breeders, with no money, no education and no way of making a life for themselves without government assistance, which you will have to pay for anyway. So I say again, get over it.
As far as you getting the short shrift at work, I can't possibly begin to imagine why childless employees would get exploited. I have actually found the opposite to be true, but I guess you'll have situations that are on both sides of the coin to be true no matter where you go, it's inevitable. So as far as this is concerned, I'll take your word for it but I'm still hesitant to believe that it's so bad to warrant joining a hate group (yes, this is exactly what I consider a hate group.)
Overpopulation, I totally agree with you. However I'm not having 6.5 kids. I know I'm not the norm, but there are people that do understand that they don't have to have a billion children just because they can. We have one, we could have more but we just want one. That's good enough for us, and I have to say that I wish more people would have the same thinking. But they don't, and we can't control it.
And for your last comment about kids not having the choice to be born, I don't even know how to respond to something like that. Do you think that there haven't been times in my life I wish I wasn't born? I have been through a lot of terrible shit in my life, in fact have actually attempted suicide. But did I blame my parents? No. I was able to see that life can be rewarding if you know what you want and have the means and capabilities to do it. That's why I am where I am at now.
Life is opportunity and while I don't agree that *everyone* should have children (I certainly don't) I don't think that 100% of people would agree with you that it isn't "fair" that they were born. It sounds like a big pity party to me. I was unhappy for a million reasons, but I had the best childhood and I had everything that I (thought) I wanted. But did it ensure happiness? Nope, nothing does. Only you can do that for yourself.
I will be sure to do whatever it takes to make sure that my daughter knows that she is responsible for her own happiness, that I will be supportive of her decisions and guide her in the right direction. Will I be succeed in having the happiest child in the universe? Probably not, but she sure as hell won't be feeling sorry for herself that her parents were soooo selfish to have her. Give me a break.