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by hobofan 19 days ago
Childless people have a shorter life expectancy by ~2 years. So if we unsocalize the cost and base it on that factor, people with children should be paying more as they are a strain on the system for longer.
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Fair. They need to calculate the numbers and come out with fair payouts. Naively it would seem individuals (children) pay more in taxes than it takes to cover two years.
That would be counterproductive, as then there would be less incentive to have children, and the fertility rate is already in the tank as is.