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I know population will decline, but not as a policy. If it happens naturally then it's perfectly ok. The fact that politicians get to decide how many kids or ev
by cyrksoft 7y ago
I know population will decline, but not as a policy. If it happens naturally then it's perfectly ok. The fact that politicians get to decide how many kids or even if you can have kids is a scary thought.
- XorNot 7y agoPeople have the worst imagination. Simply removing a tax break at child number 2 would have a substantial impact.
- cyrksoft 7y agoSo now you propose paying for having kids? So only rich or afluent people will have kids. Poor people not only will keep having kids but will also remain poor as they now have to pay? Do you even think before you propose policies?
- dang 7y agoWhoa, personal attacks will get you banned here, so please don't comment like that! If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use HN as intended, we'd appreciate it.
- 0xffff2 7y agoWhy? How is it different from any other aspect of government regulation? In the US at least, the government already has its finger on the scale by giving tax breaks based on number of children.
- harryh 7y agoGovernment restriction of the biologic imperative to reproduce would represent perhaps the most extreme interventions into the private lives of individuals that one could imagine.
- 0xffff2 7y agoAgain, why? There are many dozens of rights that I value more highly than the right to reproduce in the face of global ecological catastrophe.
- harryh 7y agoYour personal values are eccentric and not representative of the norm.
- 0xffff2 7y agoI'll grant you that. I don't think it changes the argument at all. The government should not treat any right specially compared to any other, and it's the long standing practice of the government to regulate and place limits on rights.
- harryh 7y agoThe government should not treat any right specially compared to any other Of course it should. Taking off my shoes when I go through airport security is a pain in the ass but, in the grand scheme of things, a relatively minor inconvenience. Telling me that I'm not allowed to have a child is a fundamental restriction on my humanity.
- marmada 7y agoWhy is that scary? If the rules are applied impartially, I don't see an issue. The need to save the planet is more important than a person's desire to have kids.
- rhino369 7y agoIt radically changes the human experience for one. A world without brothers and sisters? Everyone has a single-child outlooks. Sounds bad to me. And how are you going to police that in Africa, India, or any Catholic or Muslim country? It's a dumb idea.