08-19-2004, 07:49 PM
"But, I understand why some liberals have a soft spot for progressive taxes and subsidizing the funding 6 to 8 munchkins per household."
The liberal notion is not to reward parents for having lots of kids.
The liberal notion is to not punish kids for having stupid parents. They didn't pick the family with 8 kids, they were born into it. And if the parents deserve the crippling poverty they brought on themselves, the kids sure don't.
The difficult part is making sure that the state subsidy for the raising of children (not the benefit of parents) actually gets used to raise the kids, rather than simply being an incentive to have them.
Jester
The liberal notion is not to reward parents for having lots of kids.
The liberal notion is to not punish kids for having stupid parents. They didn't pick the family with 8 kids, they were born into it. And if the parents deserve the crippling poverty they brought on themselves, the kids sure don't.
The difficult part is making sure that the state subsidy for the raising of children (not the benefit of parents) actually gets used to raise the kids, rather than simply being an incentive to have them.
Jester