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Originally Posted by MarchHare
How many parents do you know who chose to have kids solely for tax-benefit reasons or because they think they're providing a great benefit to society by producing the next generation of tax payers? I'm guessing zero. Educated professionals with access to birth control make a conscious decision to have children because they think it will enhance their life satisfaction. There's no difference between a married couple with children and a married child-free couple who opt to spend their money on non-parenting things. Both are doing what they think will give them the most enjoyment and satisfaction, and both should be taxed equally given equivalent incomes.
If maintaining above zero population growth is a priority, then it can be achieved through immigration policy. One could make the case (and this is going WAY beyond the subject of this thread now) that population growth through immigration is actually better for the nation since we can pick and choose the best and brightest to let in whereas we have no control over who is born here.
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You're making a strawman out of my post. Obviously it's not solely based on the tax breaks and government programs. However, having 52 weeks of paid leave and other tax breaks helps make it easier for parents to choose to have children.