That might be an incentive worth having. Otherwise the USA will join other countries with a declining population shortly. It really isn't in the metric of most

That might be an incentive worth having. Otherwise the USA will join other countries with a declining population shortly. It really isn't in the metric of most people having kids to get more benefits. No matter what the benefits are, the costs of kids eats them. I am not accusing you of this, but it is a popular trope in some news circles to point out the welfare mom popping out kids for more benefits, It really doesn't work that way. You can watch people locked up in prison for killing someone over $20 tear up over their kids. If you don't have children you might not know the immense desire parents have to provide the best they can for their kids. As far as poor families having more kids, yes I am one of them. But I have gone to university, and I have paid more in taxes than my entire family ever received in benefits. So that was a good investment.