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by solatic 2824 days ago
An excellent way to destroy a country's productivity.

Listen, if you want the government to incentivize having children, then establish tax consequences. Same way as the government can force you to pay a tax penalty, the government could force people older than a certain age who are still childless to pay a "societal development" tax. The proceeds of the tax go towards paying for free childcare.

/not sure if I'm serious about the above or not