From what I’ve seen of today’s youth and parenting, it might make more sense to incentivize people to not have children
“. . . it might make more sense to incentivize people to not have children.” But of course Uncle Sugar has done the exact opposite. For several generations now we’ve subsidized bastardy, and if you subsidized something you’re guaranteed to get more of it. Fatherless kids are always poorer — in more ways than one —than those in intact families.