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Posted on 01/28/2006 8:05:41 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Like that's going to happen in Germany.
Yes, that's what the market operates on, but it's a perversion to use the word "incentives" to apply it to market-based implementation of a socialist policy.
What you're saying is that we penalize people who aren't blessed with children to subsidize those who are (i.e., charge the former higher taxes), and you support raising that subsidy even more.
What you need to ask yourself is why people have children, and what are the pros and cons of it. Why is there a lower need for couples to have children than in the past (many reason; hint for one: no longer so farm-based here in US)? Look beyond just using the market for implementation of central planning, and see if there are elements within it that we can learn from.
"That is funny"....well, when it happens here, in the next few years...it will NOT seem funny....
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I don't have a clue. I've seen lots of anti-Muslim comments and have probably posted some myself. I suppose it might depend on the language used?
Any you're laughed at for being a DU troll.
Typical leftist, call anyone you dislike a NAZI.
Notice you're over at a Coulter attacking her too.
Phony Conservative alert.
In the United States, the teen abortion rate is nearly eight times higher than the rate in Germany, nearly seven times higher than that in the Netherlands, and nearly three times higher than the rate in France
Our tax system provides incentives to have and raise children.
Here in the United States, there's day care available if you're willing to pay whatever the rate is. We have a one year old son, and we just decided to put him in daycare for 5 hours a week (2.5 hours 2 days a week). My wife stays home, but we just wanted a day care place for our son with minimal time so he would get over his separation anxiety, and it would also give my wife a chance to do things she can't possibly do with the baby in tow (dentist appointment, even getting the oil changed in the car). Sure enough, there was a place in town that was willing to do it by the hour. There are places that wouldn't take him less than full time, but there were several places to choose from, and thus the market worked.
Why isn't the market working in Germany? When the market doesn't work, and you dig deeper, you find that either 1) it really is working, but the prices are higher than most people think would be "fair" and thus they don't buy the services, or 2) there's some sort of government intervention that is preventing the process from working.
"In the United States, the teen abortion rate is nearly eight times higher than the rate in Germany, nearly seven times higher than that in the Netherlands, and nearly three times higher than the rate in France"
When the young are orientated to worshipping abortion (rights)...
Bump!
Well, then, you're in favor of equal tax treatment and pay-for-what-you-use. Why didn't you say so to begin with?
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