AvastCHERRYAvastThe reason people receive tax benefits for having kids is because the cost of raising a child to age 18 in lets say for example, the United States, is estimated to be approximately 1 million dollars or around 900,000 euros.Social justice != fairness.
There is no unfairness considering both people will come out equal as the person without children isn't having to support an economic parasite for 18 years. In fact, its a well known fact that the person without kids and no tax benefits will still have much more wealth than those with both.
Also if your argument is based on fairness, isn't it inherently unfair that without tax benefits and other federal programs to aid parents raising children for lower income households that it would be essentially impossible in developed nations?
Economically denying someone the right to have children is far more unfair than denying someone who will come out richer anyways the right to have a tax break they dont need.
And yeah, if you can deny access to culture for people with lower income you can also deny them having a children if they cannot afford raising one.
You don't have to convert anything to euros as I'm using dollars for more often than them, but don't think that cost of raising child being high are unique to the States. It's generally a big cost as the child has similar cost of living to you and the harder it is to sustain where you live the harder it is for you to help others who depend on you.
When I was working last summer I was earning 10PLN or $2.68/hour. Cost of raising a child here is 190,000PLN where it's $245,000 in the States according to U.S. Department of Agriculture.
But that doesn't count in everything that's not necessary that child might want like Game Boys etc. so I'd say those numbers are pretty close compared to a median pay.
You can't possibly compare people being denied luxuries to being denied the right to reproduce.
Is this real life.
Not being denied. Having to be able to provide for them.
I'm all for public education, hospitals etc. though - stuff that directly benefits children and gives them an equal start in this competitive world.
EDIT: I also think that everyone has some social responsibility, but whether they fulfill it or not should be up to them. I'm doing my best myself to do what's beyond what is forced upon me even though the later sometimes feels like a huge burden especially for those on low income looking to start business.
If I start a company I'm paying 400PLN every month before I make any income. How is that fair? Cause it's a direct consequence of having all the benefits I will never use. When I don't hope to earn more than that I'm losing money by working or do freelance work illegally.