"Dan L." wrote in
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As for population growth, I lean towards economic means, the
more kids you have, the higher your taxes for the rest of the
parents lives. I do like the phrase "Good ideas are where you
find them". However, One persons "good idea" maybe a "bad idea"
to others. I am sure the person who just had 8 kids on top of 6
more kids will hate my tax idea of raising taxes on the more
kids parents have (In her case "the more kids ONE have").

she's unemployed & her disability payments have run out. she's
currently living on SS disability payments to 3 of her 6 kids
(approx. $2600/month). if any of the octuplets have health issues
from the premature birth, she'll get more government SS disability
for them. in her case, i think the state should be looking to the
sperm doner (all the kids are from the same father) and the
fertility doctor that treated her for child support.
i agree that taxes should go up for any children over 2
unmedically assisted pregnancies (so as not to penalize those with
natural twins/triplets). for folks like the Duggins (18! kids, or
the octuplets mother the tax penalty should get higher for every
child after #4...
OTOH, deductions for adopters of multiple US born kids should not
be raised.

As for gay marriages or singles, should they be allowed to have
kids; cloning, adoption or envitro? I say yes, if they have the
money and raise their taxes! Single people that never had kids,
pay little to no taxes.

very little of the Federal taxes go to schools/education, &
because education benefits society as a whole, no, the childfree
don't get off paying taxes.
that would be like saying i don't have to pay taxes because most
taxes go to highway funding & i don't drive...
lee