I Want to Create a New Position in President Obama's Cabinet - "Birth Czar".

Lately, the gossip columns have been filled with articles about the Octo-Mom. Although I don't read those types of magazines, or watch those types of "tattle shows", perhaps on a subconsious level, the messages have seemed into my (so called) higher sense of self. To that end, I questioned myself. What would I do if I had 14 children? I guess the first thing I would do if I gave birth to 14 children, is to ask someone to commit me to an insane asylum.

Yes, it's true, I love children (especially my own) -- however, would I willingly and knowingly give birth to multiple children? Heck no! It's a good thing I don't curse -- I guess I'd have an earful for parents who are ill equipped to rear multiple children.

Why would an unemployed mother with 6 children want more children?

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with large families. Why would any person want to bring more children into an already crowded household? I don't know this for a fact, but I've heard that foster parents can only have 2 children in a room? Why are foster parents held to a higher standard that birthparents?

I know this may sound mean and perhaps even too autocratic for America, but shouldn't there be some type of test for parenting? We can't drive, get married, or even do certain types of work without a license. Why not have a license to give birth? I kind of like that idea... Birth Czar....hmmm - nominate me for that position.

If I were "birth czar", I would not give license to adolescents, or those parents already on some type of public assistance. It's not fair that those of us who work, have a portion of our taxes to care for "professional baby-makers". You know who I'm talking about; people who know that having more babies means more money coming in, care of the hard working, highly taxed, middle class.

Isn't it time that we stood up to people like Octo-Mom? Instead of making them the celebrity du jour, let's do something to encourage these people to become financially self-sufficient. Sure, I've heard of the so called "welfare-to-work" program, but how many people are actual participants, and what are the program qualifications?

According to what I've read about Octo-Mom, she is college educated, and has a trade. Instead of giving her money to stay at home and take care of her children (some of who are disabled), why not mandate that she get a job? Octo-Mom is not disabled (unless her low self esteem is a disability), she should be encouraged to get a job, and labeled personal non gratis on the talk show circuit as well as the gossip circuit. The media, including Oprah, Dr. Phil, et al, should refuse to give her any media attention. Sure, there are some people who get a kick out of the absurdity of it all, (a la the current intrigue with so called reality tv), however, who really cares about Suleman and her antics? It's the children who deserve our concern, not some wanna be celebrity look alike.