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Originally Posted by Donnageddon
Cancel all tax deductions for dependents and raise the tax rate for each dependent.
A family of four uses much more of the common infrastructure, and services than those without children. It makes absolutely no sense to have them pay less in taxes.
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The government has an interest in encouraging production of future taxpayers and soldiers. All of us want to have future scientists and artists. Not to mention the nurses who will take care of us in our retirement homes.
Children are an investment, not just an expense; the deduction for dependents simply distributes the cost of children even to those who can't or won't raise children themselves.