[quote]Why is it that the more kids you have the more tax deductions you get (meaning the less you pay) and the more you cost the system. How does anyone not see that fundamental flaw and what other system works that way? If I order more food at a restaraunt than you, is my tab lower. If I drive a car that gets worse milege, do I pay less per gallon, If i use more electricity than you, should my rate per kw be lower. But if I stick more kids in school than you, I get money back, why is there an incentive to to be inefficient and cause a net loss, shouldn’t it be the opposite. [/quote]
Because kids are not waste and not a net loss for the society. A society without kids is doomed. They will be the ones working and moving the society forward when you’re old. Look at Japanese and how screwed they are with their long lifespans and low birth rates. They are considering raising the official retirement age to 75 or so, because there aren’t not enough working age people today and there will be even fewer in a few decades – current projections are that, by 2050, 50% of Japanese population will be over 55.
And while it’s fashionable to hate Hispanics and illegals for their contributions to overpopulating our schools, the fact is that whites are not pulling their weight.
It is true that our incentive system is a bit misaligned – double income middle-class and upper-middle-class people should be encouraged to have more children. Free K-12 is fine, but we should go further than that … We need free full-day preschools, free extended hour K-12, all paid with taxpayer money. That will help dig us out of the demographic hole.
