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Originally Posted by GlennD
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.
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Very good point. Many societies today are reaping the penalty for not cultivating a culture where having many children is considered wise. In America the Social Security system is broken because there are not enough people under 60 to pay the pensions of their elders who decided that one or no children was plenty. Part of that points out the problem that legal abortion brings with it, ie 1/2 the children who would've been born in the US and would have been tax paying adults now (nearly 50 million) are not here to pay taxes.
More children / free market / lower taxes = future economic growth and national strength.