Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Floats Tax Discounts to Motivate Women to Produce More Babies
https://pressprogress.ca/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-floats-tax-discounts-to-motivate-women-to-produce-more-babies/
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nothingcorporate@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y
Just like Trump "we'll give you a couple grand in hopes you don't realize it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to raise them in this capitalist hellscape."
SMDH
garbagebagel@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
She's been taking a lot of cues from him these last few months. Truly scummy.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
At least when I last checked... in Canada raising a child cost tens of thousands of dollars over the course of childhood instead of tens of thousands every year.
Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
The new daycare program has had a lot to do with bringing that number down.
Reannlegge@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 1y
Are you a sexually active woman? Well I may have an opportunity for you! Just go to Alberta, you know the place that is trying to become the Texas of Canada and get knocked up for a tax break.
Just remember this tax break comes with a child that will cost you more than the tax break will ever pay out to you, but if you are lucky you will have a girl who will also be able to get this tax break.
mriswith@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Other countries have tried, and it doesn't work. You have to fix the larger issues.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Stupid, no matter tax cuts will help allowing bringing a child into this fucked up world.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 1y
Why? None of these right-wing fertility projects ever address the underlying motivation for higher birthrates. Why is it so important that we have more babies? I would love to hear them explain it like I'm five.
patatas@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y
Because racism/nationalism
Grappling7155@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
When the black plague happened in Europe centuries ago, enough people died that hiring labourers became a competitive process, so wages and benefits went up. Assuming business minded right wingers pay attention to history, they probably want to avoid a repeat.
Religious social conservatives want more babies because their religion demands it.
Racists feel threatened by immigration and want to rebalance the population in their favour.
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
TL;DR
havent we had child tax incentives at various gov't levels forever? Is this a new thing invented by danielle smith?
ChuckTheMonkey@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
At federal level. This is most likely something extra from provincial level
mad_lentil@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Low birth rates dragging your population down? We already have a solution for that - it's called immigration.
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Maybe she and creepy little pp can do a Canada wide tour called the “Let’s Invade your Privacy” tour.
JoeDyrt@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 1y
Mothers should get an income tax holiday AND $1000 per year for each child, for 10 years, until she no longer has any dependent children. A second parent should get 50% off income taxes so long as they parent in the same household, AND the mother is still legible for the tax relief. That ought to do it!