{"id":4118,"date":"2009-08-18T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2009-08-18T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T10:51:00","slug":"where-your-taxes-go-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/where-your-taxes-go-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Your Taxes Go: 40"},"content":{"rendered":"
On bribing people to delay having kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is wrong on three levels:<\/p>\n One, the premise that population growth is a problem is mistaken<\/a>. Malthus is dead in more ways than one.<\/p>\n Two, such social engineering is unethical. What business does the government have influencing the personal choices of people in this manner?<\/p>\n Three, that’s our money being spent there.<\/p>\n Coming to think of it, this whole business is a bit perverse even from the government’s point of view. They’re spending taxpayers’ money to ensure that there are less taxpayers in the future. WTF?<\/p>\n (For more on how our taxes are misused, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On bribing people to delay having kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is wrong on three levels:<\/p>\n One, the premise that population growth is a problem is mistaken<\/a>. Malthus is dead in more ways than one.<\/p>\n Two, such social engineering is unethical. What business does the government have influencing the personal choices of people in this manner?<\/p>\n Three, that’s our money being spent there.<\/p>\n Coming to think of it, this whole business is a bit perverse even from the government’s point of view. They’re spending taxpayers’ money to ensure that there are less taxpayers in the future. WTF?<\/p>\n (For more on how our taxes are misused, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,15,24,28,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n