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Originally Posted by Enema
Here in Australia there's a baby bonus happening.
If you have a kid you get $3,000 from the government. I think for a little while they doubled it to $6k a kid. If you have children you get family tax breaks and you also get a fortnightly payment from the government to help raise your kids if you earn under X$ a year.
It's fucking ridiculous and makes me mad as hell... my tax dollars damnit!
They're trying to encourage more babies now to support our aging population so they don't have to abolish the old age pension.
I hate breeders that can't afford to breed but do it anyway.
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No, what they're doing is supplementing the income of those families so they don't live in adverse poverty and turn to a life of crime to survive. And all property owners are taxed to support schools for the same reason. An educated society is a successful society benefitting all, whether you are directly responsible for its growth or not.
Yes, it IS stupid for people who can't afford the costs associated with raising children to pump out one a year but that's not the kids' fault, is it?
What they should really be doing is putting more of these resources into prevention. Teach teenagers from an early age about sex, birth control, and the REAL result. Have a 'scared straight' type of program that demonstrated in harsh reality what raising children without money is really like.
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