Reply #40: As 1 of the Delberately Childless, I would happily pay MORE [View All]

[OrwellwasRight]

in taxes for schools and other social services, but I don't see why people who have chosen to have children should pay LESS.

Also, don't forget that married couples are more likely to be able to take advantage of the home mortgage deduction. And for all the "marriage penalty" bullshit we hear all the time, married people are taxed at a lower rate than single people. Want proof? Next time you do your taxes, find your taxable amount and go to the tax table at the back of the booklet. You'll see that the highest rate for ANY income level is for singles. Married people always pay a lower rate (and that's also after getting to take a bigger deduction). Why can't there be one rate for all incomes?

Face it, the entire tax system is a scam to get us to be drones who buy into the system. The corporate powers that be figure that if they can get us to get married, squirt out babies, and buy homes, we'll be so concerned about crabgrass, the PTA, and increasing our equity that we won't have the time or interest to take to the streets and become engaged in radical politics (riots are bad for property values, ya know?).