Is there an argument against paying people high wages for having kids?

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[–]ifuckredditsnitches_Resident Pajeet 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The problem with fertility isn't really money but time, those druggies you mention have a higher tfr than upper middle class careerists because they have no jobs and nothing better to do than fuck and get high. This was essentially the status quo before modernity for the broader population. So if your solution can get high quality people away from surrogate activities like higher education and modern careers then yeah it could be effective. If it was made universal I think the cost of living would rise so much that it stops helping.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If it was made universal I think the cost of living would rise so much that it stops helping.

In my ideal world, cost of living would be matched to the current needs of replacing babies.

So say for example the program is a success and now everyone has large families with children. That's when the government can divert resources from fertility and use it to fund other projects like science research, healthcare etc.

As a result, the incentive for birth rates will decline and people can focus on having meaningful careers again.

Otherwise, the only solution I can think of for having excess children is to have them colonize other lands. It's sound sci-fi, but sending them to colonize Mars would solve this issue.