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"Selfish" isn't fair, but some else's kids are paying future taxes, performing future surgeries, and fighting future wars. Existing social and fiscal expectat
by humanrebar 10y ago
"Selfish" isn't fair, but some else's kids are paying future taxes, performing future surgeries, and fighting future wars.
Existing social and fiscal expectations have a certain birth rate built in.
- slavik81 10y agoNew members of society add value. They will do a lifetime worth of work. New members of society have a cost. They will use a lifetime worth of services. On average, those will be about the same. There is probably an ideal population count, but without actually figuring out what that count is and showing we're below it, that's not a worthwhile discussion.
- skewart 10y agoThat birth rate depends on there not being too many kids too. School districts benefit from childless residents who pay taxes to support schools but don't impose any costs. Also, there are many ways to contribute to the development of young generations other than simply having biological children. Even aside from adopting, lots of childless people I've known have been great mentors and teachers. (Not that you'd necessarily disagree, just your post could kind of be interpreted that way).