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\nThe government shouldn’t be responsible for what people do in the bedroom.<\/p>\n
Many people these days seem to want their governments to provide them with \u201cfree\u201d services. Things that have previously been left to individual purchases and choice, such as health care, college, and even the internet, are being demanded by many to be \u201cfree\u201d to all citizens.<\/p>\n
Instead of those examples, I\u2019ll be focusing on the claim that birth control should be \u201cfree\u201d for every man and woman in the United States. I disagree with this belief completely, both as a capitalist and fan of small government.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s just get the idea that these contraceptives (or anything provided for by the government for that matter) are \u201cfree\u201d out of the way. As the saying goes, there\u2019s no such thing as a free lunch. The money our government spends comes from taxing American citizens. These \u201cfree\u201d contraceptives are not free whatsoever, but instead, cost each taxpayer however much money the government decides to use to buy and distribute the birth control. Everything has a price, and in this case, that price is forced upon each and every American.<\/p>\n
I always find it funny that the majority of people who advocate for \u201cfree\u201d birth control are liberal Democrats; the same bunch who say it isn\u2019t the government\u2019s business to get involved in abortion or homosexual marriage.<\/p>\n
\u201cStay out of our bedroom, government,\u201d they proclaim, \u201cexcept for when we get a bunch of free morning-after pills, then it\u2019s A-OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
On a fundamental level, forcing your own costs for birth control onto other people is not only immoral but also destroys a person\u2019s self-responsibility for their sexual exploits. For the vast majority of our private lives, it is our personal responsibility to not harm or hinder ourselves. People avoid driving dangerously because they could harm themselves and get a ton of traffic tickets.<\/p>\n
People avoid sucking down tons of drugs because it\u2019s a harmful and expensive habit. But the minute that sense of self-responsibility and preservation is stripped away, the likelihood of them actually being pragmatic about their indulgences tanks. Why be a miser about your alcohol budget when some schmuck you don\u2019t know is paying for all of it?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s common knowledge that when a person doesn\u2019t have to pay for something they want or do, they\u2019ll more than likely try to take advantage of the system.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d bet my college fund that if I were to walk into a grocery store and proclaim that I would foot the bill on everything the customers buy for the rest of the day, the vast majority of people would take as many foodstuffs as they could in order to get as much as they could out of the new system. The same logic holds true for \u201cfree\u201d birth control. If some tax paying random who you\u2019ve never met is paying for all your contraceptives, why not try to get as much protected sex out of the situation as possible?<\/p>\n
When it comes to the economic aspect of \u201cfree\u201d birth control, the policy is needless and costly. According to US News, <\/em>birth control pills on average cost $160-$600 annually. Seeing as how these pills and other contraceptives will be governmentally regulated and distributed, the cost is inevitably going to be higher. I could give you dozens of examples of poorly handled and overly expensive government programs and research, but this entire newspaper isn\u2019t long enough for that.<\/p>\n
So not only is it immoral and socially-destructive to give out \u201cfree\u201d birth control, but it will inevitably cost millions of tax dollars and most likely be handled inadequately given the government\u2019s track record of poorly-handled social and health programs. If you want to have sex, go ahead; I\u2019m not stopping you.<\/p>\n
If you don\u2019t want to run the risk of having to raise a child, here\u2019s a wild idea, stop having so much sex. I know, what a crazy concept. How about everyone pays for their own recreational activities instead of forcing me and other Americans to foot the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"