Tax the Childless. What a terrible idea.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/03/tax_credits_and_children_parents_should_pay_lower_taxes_and_childless_people.html

So this article is terrible. Why should I pay for someone else's children. They chose to have the children. I have manage to not have children with my wife.

I have provided several advantages, I still pay your school taxes. I still pay for your welfare etc. So why should I have to pay more when you can't use a condom or the pill?

This is socialism at it's worst.

I am happy to donate my income to help schools etc, but I want to decide how it is spent. If you have the income the IRS will take your money.Send a check of all the disposable income to the IRS and they will be happy to accept it.

I don't want to be misunderstood. I object to being told how to spend my moeny, or being robbed by people in the name of good. I should have the final say which children or parents in need get my help. Several children and parents are bratty and terrible. Why should everyone have to pay their way.

While I was in the UK, there was a family where 1 mother had 6 children all 2 years apart. In the UK, you get child income benefit to help. If you are a single parent then you get a house and food for 2 years. So this mother simply had another kid every two years. So now there are 6 children out of wedlock, so 1 mother can support herself on someone else's dime. She did not support the kids, she did not get a job, she just lived off the checks. Then her oldest daughter, had her first kid at about 16. How is this helping anyone.

So your idea while in your context is great, in other contexts is terrible. I would recommend that you donate your income to a family you know who is struggling. You can have a direct input in someones life.

For example my mother-in-law has helped a family in the over the Rhine area get clothes and schooling supplies. She has also organized for several people to help them go to camps. This method allows individuals to know the circumstances and not help abusive parents or drug using parents who want to use the kids for the extra income.