On Saturday 05 April 2008, Nate Duehr wrote: > On Apr 5, 2008, at 8:56 PM, Charlie wrote: > > I suppose by that standard you imagine that children have no worth > > at all? I > > can't really agree. As one who was a child once, I think children > > are an > > extremely valuable asset to a species in the now as well as the > > future. > > I never said anything of the sort. I said that as a society we > reward parents for having children, and it's odd. If their values > are to have a "big family" that's fine, but government encouraging it > is a different thing. Not necessarily bad, just not real "obvious" > to the majority that have children.
I was debating to respond earlier, but I thought I'd wait. If you're talking about taxes in terms of rewards, as you said initially, compare how much the deduction for a child is or how much is added on to the refunds we'll get this year to how much it costs to take care of a child for one year. It's about as much of a reward as someone paying me $5 to spend a month doing some tough coding that keeps me up day and night. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
