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They also pay for the childcare. Do you think they aren't paying their taxes?

• andsoitis 1y ago
  They might be paying a portion of their childcare, but they are not paying their childcare - they want it free or subsidized. One way to see the issue more clearly is by imagining someone is getting subsidized childcare for child 1. Now they’re looking to have another child and also want that child’s childcare to be free or subsidized. Why should other people subsidize thats 2nd child? The person can clearly not afford the 2nd child. Staying with that logic, what then gives that person the right to ask me to subsidize their first child’s childcare in the first place? If they have already cut expenses like holidays, eating out, not gambling, not buying dumb non-educational toys, etc. then I might be more empathetic, but I am confident that they are spending on those non-essential luxuries.
  • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
    > They might be paying a portion of their childcare, but they are not paying their childcare You might be paying a portion of their childcare, but you are not paying their childcare. One could say the same to parents at a private day care. They are, after all, only paying their portion of the cost of the service, not the cost of the service. > they want it free or subsidized How do they get it for free? Again, do you think they aren't paying their taxes? > The person can clearly not afford the 2nd child. This does not follow. If the economic reality in which they choose to have a child includes tax-paid childcare, and they can afford a child given that, then they can clearly afford the child.