RE: $5,000 Baby Bonus?
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That was an interesting read.
If it is true that the world is grossly overpopulated, why is it a bad thing that fertility has reduced to below replacement level?
I agree financial incentives for having babies are unlikely to be effective. A change in culture is what's required so that the woman's role as homemaker is reinstated with the respect it deserves. Of course I wouldn't limit educational opportunities for women, but the role of full time homemaker should be valued and not seen as opting out of the workforce to sit about all day drinking coffee.
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I can't recall that my mother did much sitting around. 😆 Maybe coffee drinking, though. And when I took off (from paid labor) more than 10 years to raise my kids, I don't recall doing much sitting around either.
There is no more important job in the world than raising the next generation of humans. The problem is, how do we value that work? My mother had no security at all. She was totally dependent on my father. We know how that worked out.
Exactly, it's a full time job and somehow women have been persuaded they can do two full time jobs. Liberation? I don't think so.
While in general I'm against government using tax payers money to nudge people in a certain direction, perhaps a wage for full time homemakers? After all, as you say, there's no more important work.
A wage with a pension. One of the reasons I returned to work when I did was because I had no pension. I was concerned about my old age. I wanted to be vested in Social Security so at least there would be that floor. When I did work, I had the boss put away 20% of my pay (maximum allowed) for a pension sharing plan.
Homemakers have no security. Well, nobody has security, but at least a wage earner harbors the illusion😄.