Jesus. Republicans will tax anything and anyone except rich people and rich people accessories.
Technically, we already do pay more in taxes because we don’t get to claim dependents or receive any child tax credits.
If those temporarily embarrassed millionaires could read, they’d be really upset
Reading the article he also said that parents should be able to cast votes on behalf of their minor children, which is much more alarming to me.
Let me guess, conservatives have larger families than liberals and progressives?
These days, look for any family in America with 5 or more minor children and find a “devout Christian” as the patriarch.
Mormons are famous for this, and they support their breeder mentality by tapping into the same government resources they say they despise, sometimes venturing into fraud.
I know a few that can field a full baseball team. I have no idea how they go anywhere together as a full family.
Probably to increase the amount of quiverfull families who’ll vote a certain way.
Because people who use the least civic resources should pay the most?
Tbf children are a super valuable thing to a country.
It’s why governments freak when birth rates get low.
The machine needs bodies to function after all.
They’ll go so far as to do anything except any of the things that make happy, productive people more likely to feel inclined or comfortable having children.
Parental leave so people can be there when their child is born? Affordable or accessible daycare? A world that accommodates any workplace flexibility? Basic affordable healthcare? A world with some degree of optimism for the state they’re bringing their children into?
Nah, a once a year tax rebate covering a month or two of daycare should be more than enough.
It’s also why the abortion and birth control issues are front and center for the GOP, they know that they aren’t going to convince any new voters to join so they need to rely on their constituents giving birth to and raising the new generation of conservative voters.
Catholic church did the same thing for the same reason.
This is literally already the case. Parents get tax deductions.
