I agree with Imp on this point. If you want kids, you pay for them. If someone else doesn't want kids, why is that person expected to pay for yours?
And as it already, people are disproportionately paying for other people's kids, from paying into welfare systems (which are more heavily used by single parent families) and having to pay into school systems even if your kids don't go there (or, worse, getting double-billed by having to pay for the mediocre-at-best public schools plus private school tuition and/or homeschooling resources if you don't want your kids propagandized).
Ignoring the fact that there are many ways to help ensure the survival of society way more effective than taking increasingly large chunks of money out of people's paychecks, how does giving yet more money to some poor, inner-city single mom whose getting knocked up by her third or fourth boyfriend help society? It doesn't. It actively hurts hurts society. That's the systemic issue that needs to be addressed.
I agree with Imp on this point. If you want kids, you pay for them. If someone else doesn't want kids, why is that person expected to pay for yours?
And as it already, people are disproportionately paying for other people's kids, from paying into welfare systems (which are more heavily used by single parent families) and having to pay into school systems even if your kids don't go there (or, worse, getting double-billed by having to pay for the mediocre-at-best public schools plus private school tuition and/or homeschooling resources if you don't want your kids propagandized).
Ignoring the fact that there are many ways to help ensure the survival of society way more effective than taking increasingly large chunks of money out of people's paychecks, how does giving yet more money to some poor, inner-city single mom whose getting knocked up by her third or fourth boyfriend help society? It doesn't. It actively hurts hurts society. That's the systemic issue that needs to be addressed.