I call it a Ponzi scheme because there’s a discrete payoff - having a child and receiving paid time off. Taxes in general aren’t a Ponzi scheme because many of

I call it a Ponzi scheme because there’s a discrete payoff - having a child and receiving paid time off. Taxes in general aren’t a Ponzi scheme because many of the things paid for by taxes are continuous - less people, less tax collection needed. Tax collection for roads being an example. Parental leave and the amount of taxes necessary is more contingent on the future population than the present.