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Roko's avatar

You could fix this by making it nontransferrable. The child gets taxed automatically and some of that money (perhaps the majority) goes to pay back a loan that the parent took out to pay for child-related costs. No choices are involved other than the choice to take the loan out.

But a more serious problem with this is that once every parent gets more money, the price of everything needed for child-raising just goes up because our economy is gummed up with red tape and has extremely low supply elasticity for things like childcare and housing.

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Md Nadim Ahmed's avatar

Everyone has become various shades of a big government leftist these days especially when it comes to fertility. I have said this before and I'll say it again, "if you want more kids HAVE MORE KIDS." Next thing you know people will suggest having a public agency to come to your house and fuck your wife for you.

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