The point of having a child is not just for society, it's for your own personal benefit of passing on your genes. If you don't want to pass on your genes then d

The point of having a child is not just for society, it's for your own personal benefit of passing on your genes. If you don't want to pass on your genes then don't reproduce. Also, if society pays people for their children, society also owns them (to the extent they pay for them), which at least in my opinion, I'd rather not have my children be property of the government.