In what way do you, or anyone else, pay to subsidize my child?
The law permits (trivial) deductions to offset the cost of raising children - if you think that law should be repealed, fine.
But don't turn it into a law to punish having children.
"In what way do you, or anyone else, pay to subsidize my child?"
By paying a higher ACTUAL tax rate than you do. Do the math. I don't get tons of deductions from my normal rate for kids, etc...
"But don't turn it into a law to punish having children."
So not getting a additional deduction for something is "punishment"? No one is stopping you from having as many kids as you want and can afford. I just don't want to pay for it.
Federal and state governments are both spending huge amounts of taxpayer dollars on what passes for education. That is a major way in which people who have few or no children are subsidizing those who have more children. On top of that, the federal government has rigged the corporate tax code in such a way that companies are financially incentivized to subsidize health insurance for employees and their families (and some states mandate and/or financially incentivize even more in this area than the federal government). So people with children get health insurance subsidized by people who don't (and people with many are subsidized by those who have fewer), because every dollar a company spends on health insurance is a dolalr they don't spend on other forms of compensation, like paychecks and 401k matching.
Many people (especially those not willing to dump their children into the government indoctrination centers) delay and/or limit childbearing, because their financial progress is slowed by having to help pay for other people's children.