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Does having additional children count as using more non-renewable resources, or is it providing more labor?
by clarkm 12y ago
Does having additional children count as using more non-renewable resources, or is it providing more labor?
- api 12y agoIt provides more labor. Whether or not it uses more resources, and which resources, depends. But if you tax resources themselves, it doesn't matter. I'd say tax non-renewable resources and externalities (e.g. CO2) most of all, for the same reason you tax liquor and cigarettes.
- rayiner 12y agoBoth. But kids will be taxed on their resource consumption and, when they grow up, their labor.