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Originally Posted by DigitalCarpenter
As a parent with 2 small children the thing you are forgetting is that there is no "my money" in the household. There is "family" money. Everything for the kids (food, shelter, clothing) is paid out of this family money and anything the kids would generate would go back into the same pot and be spent on the kids as per usual.
You seem to forget that parents are taking on the financial burden of raising new tax payers and yes that means they should get more of the pot from this benefit as it is a tiny drop in the bucket required to raise said future taxpaying citizens (I will pay 18k this year for daily child care alone).
And people against the money are forgetting that the majority of families do not make a combined income of 100k a year, this money could represent a lot of things, say sending their kid to hockey one year when they could not afford it, or go on a vacation or do whatever they normally would not be able to budget for.
I would bet that the people who are against this policy are people who can afford to be.
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I agree with most of your post, except the bolded part.
I am against this policy, unless it comes tied to an equal or larger amount of funds being put directly into infrastructure. I certainly don't have a household income of 100k since my wife is a stay at home mom, and I am a student working at an entry level position in my field. I can use this money, but I do realize that I also use the heath care system, the roads, transit system etc in this province and realize they are not free, or sufficient for our current needs.