Climate-change activists call for tax policies to discourage childbirth - Washington Times
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[–] SenecaTheYounger 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago
It's sad you are getting down votes for this. From the article itself:
Poor nations would be cut slack “because they’re still developing, and because their per capita emissions are a sliver of the developed world’s. Plus, it just doesn’t look good for rich, Western nations to tell people in poor ones not to have kids,” NPR said.
This is a roundabout way saying "Any nonwhite country won't be asked to do this"
[–] MetalAegis 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Yeah sure, tax fertility rates from 1.5 kids per white family to 0...
[–] Voat_a_Goat_Mamma [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
We have a surplus of children being raised in poverty. It would be easier to just remove supports for said kids. That way no one is taxed, which is bad...but less children would be around.
[–] Amateur_Wizard 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Climate change activists? Oh, George soros you mean?
[–] Totenglocke 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
There's an easy and fair way - stop giving people tax deductions for having kids and people who are married.
People taking responsibility for their choices is a terrifying concept!
[–] Voat_a_Goat_Mamma [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The only people that get tax deductions are the ones that work. Wouldn't you prefer we reduce children in the workless population? Reduce or get rid of welfare, free lunches, and medicaid. That would get rid of kids fast in the workless populations.
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[–] Voat_a_Goat_Mamma [S] 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago
There would be a sudden and sharp decline then. If you added getting rid of food stamps and free school lunches, the decline would drop even further. In fact a few might die in the process thus relieving us of already born children also. Then just to accelerate the decline further kids medicaid should be done away with to ensure the weakest die out before reproducible age. In addition abortions should be free, birth control free, condoms free, and births should be taxed heavily. That way no woman would want to go to the labor ward to have their child and you might garner quite a few more deaths that way too. Let's not forget to make sure to charge extra for childhood vaccinations too. Give special rights to gays with a certain quota (10 percent since they are ten percent of the population) reserved for just them at work. Give them preference in adoption, after all if kids think gay is normal less will be born because more will choose "alternative lifestyles".
If you are disgusted by this, please understand I wrote it to show the logical conclusion your statement could be brought to. Do not for a second think some of these things aren't being promoted for the very reason that they reduce population. Personally, I think less welfare might be a good thing, depending on the situation. I on't think kids should suffer that are already born though, so like taper off welfare with all sorts of warning ahead of time.
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[–] KinkRaven 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You just summed up Critical Theory in a nutshell.