Stop subsidizing families
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:53 amhttp://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/ta ... -1.2960565
The above article is long, so I won't quote it here, but as you can see, families receive a significant amount of benefits, programs, subsidies, etc. I imagine the same is true in the United States.
Frankly, I've had enough. Now that the movement to pay women to do nothing after pregnancy is afoot, I think we need to reassess our approach to taxation and family benefits. Namely, why should your decision to have a child - creating a tax burden on the state, and therefore everyone else - be rewarded with paying less taxes? It strikes me as completely counterintuitive. Even though I generate as much financial activity as some two-parent households, I pay significantly more in taxes. Why? The state spends far less on me than your average family of four, and yet many such families pay considerably less taxes than I do.
It's honestly super-annoying how the family structure has completely dominated our political and taxation system. Taxes should be assessed on the individual - period - with no special exemptions for your decision to have children.
We already pay for education, healthcare for children who need it, food programs, social programs, sports programs, and then let families pay less into the system. This needs to stop.
The above article is long, so I won't quote it here, but as you can see, families receive a significant amount of benefits, programs, subsidies, etc. I imagine the same is true in the United States.
Frankly, I've had enough. Now that the movement to pay women to do nothing after pregnancy is afoot, I think we need to reassess our approach to taxation and family benefits. Namely, why should your decision to have a child - creating a tax burden on the state, and therefore everyone else - be rewarded with paying less taxes? It strikes me as completely counterintuitive. Even though I generate as much financial activity as some two-parent households, I pay significantly more in taxes. Why? The state spends far less on me than your average family of four, and yet many such families pay considerably less taxes than I do.
It's honestly super-annoying how the family structure has completely dominated our political and taxation system. Taxes should be assessed on the individual - period - with no special exemptions for your decision to have children.
We already pay for education, healthcare for children who need it, food programs, social programs, sports programs, and then let families pay less into the system. This needs to stop.