[paulus_magnus2]

this is another overreach of collectivism virus creeping upon us to make parenting even harder.

As of 2022, the average cost of raising a child to age 17 is $310605 [1] [2]. That does not include all the unpaid parenting time which is probably another 40h per week between the parents. So we're talking 18+ years worth of unpaid time invested (or sunk) into your child. And when they go to work the government gets to tax them and keep all of it.

Financially speaking we've invested $500k (equiv) into each child and the government gets to keep all the return.

For the government and capitalist system it's much cheaper to import "ready" adults from abroad after someone else bore the cost.

The tax system and incentives need to be re-arranged if we want people to have children. Even the biggest proponent (Musk) isn't doing anything to help out. Surely his employees have no time for parenting after these 60h weeks.

[1] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/09041... [2] https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-true-cost-of-raising-a-child