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by felipeerias 914 days ago
It would be politically impossible to implement, but I would like a daring economist to compute the exact amount that childless people should be paying as subsidies towards those with kids.

I mean, if someone's pension and social services after they retire depend on the positive externalities generated by somebody else, how much is that worth?

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indeed. social security can be rescued from insolvency by raising the withholding on those without children…