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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The idea with children however is that they will grow up into future tax paying adults, at least more often than not.
In no way are dogs considered social investment.
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Yes, childen will grow up. And in Canada, there's a better than 50% chance they will grow up to be dog owners as well. In fact, there's now a better chance they will own dogs than children.
But I disagree, dogs are very much social investment. There's lots of information and semi valid research showing the health benefits of walking the dog, the social benefits and the other quality of life benefits including over all happiness. Not to mention, dogs used to provide some of the services taxes do today...protection, warning, guidance and transportation, trash removal. We domesticated them, we are obliged to care for them. While you may not see the social investment here, you will see the lack of social investment in places that do not care for animals.