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Please notice that you are responding to a position the GP did not take. He said > people can choose whether they work or stay home raising a family, and nobod
by eszed 2y ago
Please notice that you are responding to a position the GP did not take. He said
> people can choose whether they work or stay home raising a family, and nobody _has_ to work to make ends meet.
Parents who leave paid employment to raise children are far from "sit[ing] around and do[ing] nothing". If we value future conditions (even restricting that calculation only to economic productivity, though I'd argue other considerations also matter) then investing resources in raising and educating children is rational, even for those of us who don't have them ourselves.
- nradov 2y agoIn the US we have a Child Tax Credit which is available to almost all parents regardless of employment status. This is a direct credit, not just an income tax deduction. So as a society we are investing resources in raising children, although I suppose you could argue that the amount ought to be higher. https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/938 https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/938
- eszed 2y agoIt's $1000. I would not expect that to effect even the most-impoverished family's life choices.
- carlosjobim 2y agoHow come socialist countries have the lowest birth rates in the history of the world? Even Netherlands. Words are only words, reality is reality.
- HappMacDonald 2y agoFor the same reason that desperately impoverished nations with the harshest living conditions and highest child mortality have the highest birth rates in the world.
- carlosjobim 2y agoAnd what is that reason?