Budget - Baby Bust | Q+A
If the government wants a new baby boom, how will it incentivise women?
This episode was broadcast on Monday May 20, 2024.
Panellist: Treasurer Jim Chalmers
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Father of five on an income of 120k. You want people to have more kids then you need to incentivize it. Don't give out free money; change the tax system. You tax me with my five dependants the same as someone without any dependants. My wife earns less than me (60k). The simple solution is to change the taxes to a family tax system. With an increase in the tax free threshold for each dependant. Look at it as not giving away money but taking less. Besides, my kids will grow up and pay taxes so will more than make up for it in the long run. The fact is our system gives less money to married couples (per person) than singles, it prevents spouses of moderate income from getting any centrelink benefits, it results in higher childcare cost etc. So why not have a system that views us as a family unit and taxes us accordingly?
@murphycooper3404
12 күн бұрын
It's not about taxes. Men aren't interested, as evidenced by the falling marriage rate.
@adamsmith8765
9 күн бұрын
@@murphycooper3404 and that my friend is sad. The fact people feel like that shows how screwed our society has become. A wife and kids has made my life better than it would have been otherwise. I'd take it over wealth any day.
@murphycooper3404
9 күн бұрын
@@adamsmith8765 Tell that to the men who've been raked over the coals in divorce court and had their children taken away.
@whitneyanders5945
9 күн бұрын
Sorry, just because you had more kids than you can truly afford doesn’t mean others should have to pay for that. Families get more than enough already. Stop being greedy.
@Ninsidhe
2 күн бұрын
@@whitneyanders5945 tell me you don’t grasp the actual point that was being made without telling me you don’t grasp the actual point that was being made.