The government here is trying to encourage people to have kids. Due to an aging population, there is a concern that in 20 years when all the baby boomers are on pensions the tax base won't be large enough to foot the bill.
I do like the idea of getting a tax break for having no kids :-) As a single person it bugs the shit out of me after every budget that families get all this nice tax relief & I get F.A. :-) Dave On 7/23/06, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Change tax and social policy to place more of the cost of raising children on > the parents. Offer tax incentives for those who go childless. Talk about it. > I'd love to hear just one politician say that it's even a problem. > > Tom Reese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
