Why stop there, lets just have mandatory sterilization
If these people are so fucking stupid like you claim how are they going to get a college degree? And who is going to pay for said college? Let me guess the "government" will foot the bill for that as well.
at the very least, they don't leech welfare and medicaid for those 1 or 3 or 7 kids they pop out after that first one.
at the very best, they get bored of Maury reruns and they get a job. Who knows after that.
I guess I"m taking the "but but we shouldnt have to..." out of the equation and just looking at the stats... you only have to do it ONCE, for one generation, and most of the 14 year olds having babies will not - and the cycle will be broken for the most part!
THink about a 34 year old grandmother you know. She was born when her mom was 15. She was knocked up at 14. Her daughter was preggo at 15. That cycle will continue!!! BUT if you can break it for ONE generation, it'll stop! If your mom and dad went to college, you damn sure grow up with that belief "oh yeah, going to college is part of life". But if all you have ever known is to live off govt teet, you will repeat that.
I'm not saying it is right - I'm saying you castrate the new generation of breeders for 10 years, and you prevent millions of births that will end up being lifetime dependents upon the system (as will their offspring, and theirs...)
Yes, we shouldn't have to. But these 'people' aren't going to put the dick down and pick up a job application - unless you take away fertility for a decade. Then, SOME of them will build something and contrinbute instead of draining economy, and the number of dependents will dwindle.