[Reeses]

taking away freebies, supplements and incentives sounds good to me.

Before social security, people had incentive to have and raise productive members of society: it was their retirement plan. These days parents get little back for raising their children to succeed. If the government paid a small commission to parents for taxes paid by their children, and took away a bit of social security if their children ended up a burden in jail, suddenly you'd see parents being more careful about who they have children with and how much effort they put into their upbringing.

[nitzy]

I have been saying that for years. I could not agree more.

[Louis Foxwell]

If the government paid a small commission to parents for taxes paid by their children, and took away a bit of social security if their children ended up a burden in jail, suddenly you'd see parents being more careful about who they have children with and how much effort they put into their upbringing.

My what a good idea. Or is it?

Social engineering through taxation is a fundamental tenant of Maarxism. We are steeped in this approach.

A government that seeks to promote the general welfare through the distribution of wealth is a tyrant.