'Make Families Great Again': Hungary seeing more babies, less abortions through pro-family policies

The Christian Post ^ | MARCH 17, 2019 | Samuel Smith

[Notthereyet]

So happy for them!

May their numbers increase and their Faith continue!

[Slyfox]

This is great news.

[Equine1952]

Wish we could get George Soros back there. Then they could abort him. Hurray for Hungary. MFGA

[colorado tanker]

I applaud and support all these measures. God bless 'em.

But have they got the birth rate back above replacement? No country that has ever fallen below in the modern era has ever gotten back up. Has Hungary?

[SunkenCiv]

..."Making Families Great Again" policy conference hosted by the Hungarian Embassy at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

[SoConPubbie]

I did not see that particular issue addressed by this article. That being said, I also did not read all three pages of the article. It is quite long. :)

[jmacusa]

You’re not a true Freeper until to can say “Proudly posting before reading the article!’’. :-)

[Notthereyet]

As must as I despise George Soros, I’d rather he come to accept Christ as his Lord and Savior, repent of his actions, and then start to correct the wrongs he has done.

Yeah, there are so many times I have to remind myself that but for now having the wealth, there is no idea of what damage I may have done in this world. I know what I did wrong before accepting Christ and know the sins I’ve committed since accepting Christ....

I think that’s why so many older folks are scared to death of death itself.... nothing on this earth will prepare him or other lost souls for an eternity of Hell.

[SoConPubbie]

LOL!

I’ve failed!

[DIRTYSECRET]

Just bring them here and make them instant citizens. Problem solved-ours at least.

[inchworm]

But if they have fewer kids liberals can say how good that is for environment and then at same time say we need refugees to take over the country because you did not have enough kids. Liberals are the facilitators of Trojan horses

[Erik Latranyi]

I am half-Hungarian and engaged to a beautiful Hungarian woman.

Hungary has also proposed and will enact a rule where a family who has 4 children will pay no income taxes at all.

[Altura Ct.]

Indeed. They know what to focus on.

[bramps]

Through policies, subsidies and extensive tax reductions enacted since Orbán regained power in 2010, some parents are eligible to receive the equivalent a grant of about $36,000 to help pay a home mortgage, and the equivalent of about $9,000 from the government toward a seven-seater vehicle if they have the required number of children.

The list of incentives and benefits for parents in Hungary is quite extensive and includes things like a state-financed daycare system, three years of paid parental leave, free kindergarten, subsidized vacations, assistance paying off student loans, vacation benefits and exemption from income tax for mothers with four or more children.

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Sure looks a lot different than what the model was that built the US into a great nation. I fully applaud incentives for family growth, but this seems like it could be more of what we have here today: mothers having children for the wrong reasons. And are homosexuals couple's included? That could be a complete disaster.

[House Atreides]

Sure looks a lot different than what the model was that built the US into a great nation. I fully applaud incentives for family growth, but this seems like it could be more of what we have here today: mothers having children for the wrong reasons.
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I think it is meant to help make it possible for families who want to have more kids for the right reason to do so.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I am half-Hungarian and engaged to a beautiful Hungarian woman.

Let us know when we can congratulate you!

Hungary has also proposed and will enact a rule where a family who has 4 children will pay no income taxes at all.

Imagine the effect that would have had on Rush Limbaugh!
Considering that he moved to Florida to avoid NY State taxation . . .
I think Bill Gates et al might consider adoption!

On a philosophical note, I do approve of pro-family provisions such as the deduction for dependents which is in our tax code now. But I’d question whether materialistic considerations should predominate in the discussion of pro-family policy. When the government insists on being in charge of the children’s education and - as in Germany - outlaws homeschooling, that is a problem. Basically, the issue is whether the family owns the children, or the state does. The minute the state starts getting all enthusiastic about such an intimate thing as family size, you have to ask “Why does the government want this?” If the answer is, “So I’ll have more people to rule over,” that’s a problem which material incentives might not overcome.

And then there’s the issue of divorce. People need to know what they are getting into before marriage, and there must not be institutional reasons for marriages to break up. The “War on Poverty” was a tragedy for the black family, and didn’t do the white family a whole lot of good either.

Losing Ground:

American Social Policy, 1950-1980
- Charles Murray

The Tragedy of American Compassion by Marvin Olasky.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I wonder how many FReepers on onboard with taxpayers subsidizing couples to have children?

Because apparently that’s what it is going to take.

[KC_Lion]

Ping!

[MeganC]

Good for Hungary not wanting their population to be replaced by hoards of invading Saracens!