The Island of Population Regulation

Utopia, meh. The whole book felt like a medieval Ursula LeGuin novel to me. A seemingly perfect place that fails to pass closer inspection, Utopia has more negative than positive attributes. Perhaps I'm a selfish person, but between the utter lack of privacy and  constant focus on the common good, More could not pay me enough to move to his non-existent paradise.
Another element that just did not sit well with me was "Kinda' Exile Island" as well as other population control measures. Although we are assured that the Utopians are cool with being shipped off to an overflow colony for the good of all Utopia, it just doesn't seem right. After all, this is not a matter of being able to feed or provide for them - Utopia has a ton of excess food and supplies, but simply a comfort measure. What is not addressed is whether or not these colonists are afforded the same opportunities as the rest of society and the inherent unfairness of being relocated because of some arbitrary population quota. Maybe because the UK was already displacing unwanted populations to British Colonies in Australia and the Americas, this seemed like an acceptable outlet.
Additionally, what was with the redistribution of children as if they were resources? I get that children were helpful for work, but every Utopian works so I would think that would mitigate their value as workers somewhat. The assertion that the citizens were just fine taking one for the team and sending their "extra" children off to childless couples, is so absurd that I nearly lost my ability to "buy in" to the story. It's a good thing that Utopia is no place/good place and that Hythloday speaks nonsense!