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How about the following: * We set up consumption targets. * We set up laws that define the following rule: If consumption targets are exceeded, any non-first
by rhacker 8y ago
How about the following:
* We set up consumption targets.
* We set up laws that define the following rule:
If consumption targets are exceeded, any non-first child is taxed at $1000/month until the consumption targets are met again.
- jfim 8y ago$1000/month is peanuts for anyone who's moderately wealthy, and if that tax breaks the bank, what is someone supposed to do, get rid of their children? It makes more sense to tax things that are polluting (eg. plastic packaging).
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- 08-15 8y agoMao Tse Dong, is that you? Sorry, but the idea that everything can be fixed by draconian regulations imposing arbitrary limits is simply evil. And if implemented (China's one child policy comes to mind), produces more unintended than intended effects. The obvious side effect of your ridiculous idea is that only poor people will have more than one child, because you cannot tax what isn't there.