Paying more to people with more dependents effectively discriminates against several classes which are protected in the US: - Those who for medical reasons can

Paying more to people with more dependents effectively discriminates against several classes which are protected in the US: - Those who for medical reasons cannot have children. - Those who for (lack of) religious reasons do not have lots of children (families with 6+ children have a different distribution of religious beliefs than the overall population). - Homosexuals. On the other hand, paying less to people with dependents (why?) effectively discriminates against: - Heterosexuals. - People who for religious reasons have lots of children. - Disabled dependents (not a protected class in the US, but maybe it should be!).