To: GovernmentShrinker
In place of paying x amount of taxes to pay for the common defense and general welfare, parents make a non-monetary contribution to the general welfare of much greater value by bearing and raising children.
17 posted on
12/06/2005 10:36:45 AM PST by
JohnnyZ
(Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
To: JohnnyZ
you mean by raising children socialists
To: JohnnyZ
In place of paying x amount of taxes to pay for the common defense and general welfare, parents make a non-monetary contribution to the general welfare of much greater value by bearing and raising children.
And here I was, thinking that parents raised a family because they wanted to. Are you saying that the parents are not already fairly compensated by the joy of having children and the hope that they'll be cared for in their old age ?
As for the theory that only low income immigrants would have children in the US if you took away the child credits and deductions, that strains credibility. Those credits and deductions are obviously much more valuble to the low income immigrant than to higher income, higher skilled workers. Between Child Credits, income tax deductions, and EITC, it might actually be possible for an extra child to cost that low income worker NOTHING -- with the tax benefits paying for food and clothing. Is that what we really want ?
29 posted on
12/13/2005 3:01:13 PM PST by
Kellis91789
(Rome didn't build a great Empire by having meetings. It did it by killing all who opposed it.)
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