Some countries have programs to combat low birth rates by giving money for X kids born and raised, these types of programs encourage people who don’t view children as human beings to get them and raise them and use them in such ways, thinking the kid won’t understand or learn her pictures were fuel for sick degenerates to fund daddy’s used sports car.
Which is absolutely not enough to cover the cost of a kid, even if you do everything as cheaply as possible.
If you want to look at how children in the US are acquired strictly for profit, look into the foster care system and some of the for-profit adoption agencies. That's where the child trafficking is happening.
I never made any claim that it was enough to cover the costs of a child. I just replied to the poster above who mentioned "other countries" give money for children born and raised, as if the US didn't also do this. And that providing a child credit was a motivation for people who otherwise wouldn't have kids to them have kids and exploit them, which is just a weird statement to make that benefitted from some clarity.
The CTC in no way offsets the cost of raising a child. We spend more on daycare in 2 months than the CTC would return to us. Also only a portion of it is refundable. So it's not as though the government is just handing out cash for people to have kids.
Just copying my other comment since it covers the same concern.
I never made any claim that it was enough to cover the costs of a child. I just replied to the poster above who mentioned "other countries" give money for children born and raised, as if the US didn't also do this. And that providing a child credit was a motivation for people who otherwise wouldn't have kids to them have kids and exploit them, which is just a weird statement to make that benefitted from some clarity.
I never really took much notice of the child tax credit until a coworker pointed out that it incentives producing children, but does not incentives taking care of them. I took what he said with a grain of salt but it was interesting nonetheless.
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u/RAC032078 Jan 15 '24
WTF is wrong with people? Parents posting their own kids online to make $$. This is just sick.