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How do taxes pay for birth control? Could declining birth rate be a sign of a better society that values quality of life over quantity of offspring genes? Of c

How do taxes pay for birth control? Could declining birth rate be a sign of a better society that values quality of life over quantity of offspring genes? Of course, causation isn’t correlation and all that. Perhaps if incentivizing smaller families with UBI for life will be a better policy than incentivizing large families?

smt88 7y ago
> How do taxes pay for birth control? Most people in developed, Western countries get free birth control (and all other medical necessities) from the government. This is funded by their taxes. This is also true of US citizens using Medicare. Further, taxes pay for sex education at public schools, CDC awareness campaigns, and other > Could declining birth rate be a sign of a better society that values quality of life over quantity of offspring genes? Yes. What I'm saying is that the "better society" part is funded by governments (especially in Western Europe and Canada): public health programs and social safety nets decrease economic reliance on children, which reduces economic motivations to produce them. Fewer children also die, reducing the need to already have "extra" children to replace them. > Perhaps if incentivizing smaller families with UBI for life will be a better policy than incentivizing large families? UBI may make sense. I don't know. It depends on the specifics and hasn't been extensively studied. However, I'm still trying to understand why you think anyone is "incentivizing" large families. Who is doing it and why? What part of the government is trying to increase the birth rate?
- jelliclesfarm 7y ago
  Google search for ‘large families welfare’ : https://calmatters.org/poverty/2017/01/about-face-state-stops-refusing-extra-aid-to-moms-on-welfare-who-have-more-children/ https://calmatters.org/poverty/2017/01/about-face-state-stop... There is no family cap for welfare. What are you going to do? Let the others starve? It’s an impossible situation. Currently smaller families don’t get incentives. This isn’t to say larger families should be let to be destitute. I am just saying that those who dont should be rewarded. But if smaller families are heavily incentivized and with everyone getting UBI, then the scales will tip for quality over quantity.
  - smt88 7y ago
    Again, you haven't provided evidence that welfare payments increase birth rate because you can't. It is not something that happens. Your theory that changing welfare payments based on number of children will increase children is wrong.
    - jelliclesfarm 7y ago
      I am sorry if I was unclear. I don’t have a theory but I proposed that if we reward parents who have small families, then they will be incentivised to maintain smaller healthier families. It might also encourage those who want to have larger families to have smaller families.

smt88 7y ago

> How do taxes pay for birth control? Most people in developed, Western countries get free birth control (and all other medical necessities) from the government. This is funded by their taxes. This is also true of US citizens using Medicare. Further, taxes pay for sex education at public schools, CDC awareness campaigns, and other > Could declining birth rate be a sign of a better society that values quality of life over quantity of offspring genes? Yes. What I'm saying is that the "better society" part is funded by governments (especially in Western Europe and Canada): public health programs and social safety nets decrease economic reliance on children, which reduces economic motivations to produce them. Fewer children also die, reducing the need to already have "extra" children to replace them. > Perhaps if incentivizing smaller families with UBI for life will be a better policy than incentivizing large families? UBI may make sense. I don't know. It depends on the specifics and hasn't been extensively studied. However, I'm still trying to understand why you think anyone is "incentivizing" large families. Who is doing it and why? What part of the government is trying to increase the birth rate?

jelliclesfarm 7y ago
Google search for ‘large families welfare’ : https://calmatters.org/poverty/2017/01/about-face-state-stops-refusing-extra-aid-to-moms-on-welfare-who-have-more-children/ https://calmatters.org/poverty/2017/01/about-face-state-stop... There is no family cap for welfare. What are you going to do? Let the others starve? It’s an impossible situation. Currently smaller families don’t get incentives. This isn’t to say larger families should be let to be destitute. I am just saying that those who dont should be rewarded. But if smaller families are heavily incentivized and with everyone getting UBI, then the scales will tip for quality over quantity.
- smt88 7y ago
  Again, you haven't provided evidence that welfare payments increase birth rate because you can't. It is not something that happens. Your theory that changing welfare payments based on number of children will increase children is wrong.
  - jelliclesfarm 7y ago
    I am sorry if I was unclear. I don’t have a theory but I proposed that if we reward parents who have small families, then they will be incentivised to maintain smaller healthier families. It might also encourage those who want to have larger families to have smaller families.