Thread: What should the top income tax rate be?
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Old 09-30-2010, 05:59 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by basilsands View Post
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.
I'd like to see some statistics that indicate that the number of abortions equals, or is half, the number of children born. (I'm not sure what you're claiming the number is, but it seems very high.) Also, statistics indicating those children--often of underage, poorly-educated, impoverished single mothers, would grow up to be tax paying adults.

To reduce abortions, educate kids about fertility ASAP, and give everyone access to effective birth control. Are you also counting the number of children who "would have been born" if their mothers hadn't been on the pill?
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