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Originally Posted by huggy_b
If you can't afford to have a child, don't have one. I'd love a Porsche, but I can't afford it so I won't get one.
People have to get rid of this "I pay tax, I'm entitled to a handout" attitude.
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It's in the governments interest to pay parental leave and have benefits like this in most cases. Decent parents stay home, look after and spend time with a child that increases the chance the child grows into a well adjusted adult that goes onto work for the majority of their lives and gets taxed to the shithouse.
10K upfront payment by the government is fuckall compared to the hundreds of thousands of dollars the child will eventually pay in tax.
There will always be drop kicks that abuse the system but for the majority of people the system helps out a lot, gives the Mum time to spend with the child and also encourages them back into the workforce. Win, win.