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In reply to the discussion: Women should NOT be economically penalized for bearing children and caring for their families. [View all]valiberal26
(41 posts)8. A long term fix to our economy...
Would actually be to encourage women to have more children and for families to have six or seven children as opposed to just one or two. In an ideal world, the government would have free daycare and other support programs to help alleviate the cost of raising children so it would be more feasible to have large families again. Combine that with barring employers from penalizing women for taking time off work for pregnancy and raising children, and it could be done.
My reasoning here is that long-term we need more taxpayers paying it forward over a number of decades than what we already have. Simply put if we have more people paying taxes then there will be more money to pay for things such as social security, WIC, transportation, etc.
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Women should NOT be economically penalized for bearing children and caring for their families. [View all]
antigone382
Feb 2013
OP
Yes, the article mentions that there are important educational distinctions between the two.
antigone382
Feb 2013
#3
And then when those children grow up, they would also need to have 6 or 7 kids too? How many people
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#10
It is unfortunate to me that the discussion of compensating women for reproduction...
antigone382
Feb 2013
#13
I don't know that we need to encourage it to the point of six children per family.
antigone382
Feb 2013
#18
Post #8 advocated having the government encourage women to have half a dozen children or more.
Peter cotton
Feb 2013
#23
I've read your OP and your responses. I believe I understand your points.
maggiesfarmer
Feb 2013
#20
Interesting points, thanks! I think that general time off for family issues should be compensated.
antigone382
Feb 2013
#22