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    I think the childless should be taxed

    That simple. It will restore the competitiveness of working moms and dads in the labor market and might just be enough to make a dent in Europe's slow slide into demographic doom.

    I think it should start at age 27 and end at retirement.

    Plus its fair, since people who don't have kids are burdening society by benefiting from the welfare state while not contributing to its continued existance.

    @USAians: The US is not a welfare state and so such a tax would probably be unfair unless it was very small.
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    I support this one
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    • #3
      Re: I think the childless should be taxed

      Originally posted by Heraclitus


      Plus its fair, since people who don't have kids are burdening society by benefiting from the welfare state while not contributing to its continued existance.
      Not contributing? Horse****. People without kids pay higher taxes than breeders. They contribute more to the state than breeders do, without contributing to the world's excess population.
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      • #4
        Re: I think the childless should be taxed

        Originally posted by Heraclitus
        That simple. It will restore the competitiveness of working moms and dads in the labor market and might just be enough to make a dent in Europe's slow slide into demographic doom.

        I think it should start at age 27 and end at retirement.

        Plus its fair, since people who don't have kids are burdening society by benefiting from the welfare state while not contributing to its continued existance.

        @USAians: The US is not a welfare state and so such a tax would probably be unfair unless it was very small.
        There's nothing wrong with lower populations, just that it's not compatable with capitalism.
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        • #5
          It's a bad idea. Now the parents who have 12 children will feel compelled to have 20. They're nothing but cats on 2 legs.
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          • #6
            Why should we be punished for not overpopulating the world?
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            • #7
              Plus its fair, since people who don't have kids are burdening society by benefiting from the welfare state while not contributing to its continued existance.
              Unless your children pay taxes (and being Europe I wouldn't put it past you guys) people with kids draw FAR more resources than they contribute compared to people without.

              Having children is a choice, and like when you choose to buy a TV or a new car you need to take the financial reprecussions of that into account BEFORE you make your decision.
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              • #8
                Re: Re: I think the childless should be taxed

                Originally posted by Kidicious


                There's nothing wrong with lower populations, just that it's not compatable with capitalism.
                Kid how many times do we have to go through this?


                The Demographic crisis in Europe will not reduce the worlds population all it will achieve is the death of internationalist social democracy.



                Does a lefty really want that?
                Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
                The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
                The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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                • #9
                  I think you should be taxed, then taxed for being taxed.
                  Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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                  He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                  • #10
                    Re: Re: I think the childless should be taxed

                    Originally posted by Thoth


                    Not contributing? Horse****. People without kids pay higher taxes than breeders. They contribute more to the state than breeders do, without contributing to the world's excess population.
                    BTW Who said anything about breeders? Adopted children would allow you to be exempt from tax the same way your biological kids would. Adopting a kid from Africa helps ameliorate the problem of overpopulation even better than not having kids.
                    Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
                    The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
                    The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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                    • #11
                      Re: Re: Re: I think the childless should be taxed

                      Originally posted by Heraclitus


                      Kid how many times do we have to go through this?


                      The Demographic crisis in Europe will not reduce the worlds population all it will achieve is the death of internationalist social democracy.



                      Does a lefty really want that?
                      The crisis is world wide, except for India for some reason. China's population will decline soon.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by SlowwHand
                        It's a bad idea. Now the parents who have 12 children will feel compelled to have 20. They're nothing but cats on 2 legs.

                        Ehhh dude. I said tax the childless! Not tax normal people with 2/3 kids!!
                        Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
                        The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
                        The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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                        • #13
                          Re: Re: Re: Re: I think the childless should be taxed

                          Originally posted by Kidicious


                          The crisis is world wide, except for India for some reason. China's population will decline soon.
                          Except the Muslim world.

                          Also all parts of the world except Europe and Japan have moderate growth.

                          All that China needs to do is lift its once child restriction and they get a decade long boost in population.


                          Population growth in %
                          Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
                          The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
                          The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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                          • #14
                            Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I think the childless should be taxed

                            Krautland had more births during the first quarter of 2007 than during the same time 2006. In your face, China!!!
                            Blah

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Patroklos


                              Unless your children pay taxes (and being Europe I wouldn't put it past you guys) people with kids draq FAR more resources than the contribute compared to people without.

                              Having children is a choice, and like when you choose to buy a TV or a new car you need to take the financial reprecussions of that into account BEFORE you make your decision.
                              Children grow up to be taxpayers overhear in Europe.


                              No kids = No future taxpayers
                              Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
                              The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
                              The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila

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