Comments on: Policy has failed http://clubtroppo.com.au/2005/12/25/policy-has-failed/ Fearlessly dispensing political, legal and economic analysis (and some whimsy) since 2002 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Club Troppo » Gender relations in the home http://clubtroppo.com.au/2005/12/25/policy-has-failed/#comment-28403 Club Troppo » Gender relations in the home Sun, 01 Jan 2006 06:16:39 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2018#comment-28403 [...] I mentioned a book I've read - "Children of the Lucky Country" [...] I mentioned a book I’ve read – “Children of the Lucky Country”

]]> By: blank http://clubtroppo.com.au/2005/12/25/policy-has-failed/#comment-28368 blank Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:17:37 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2018#comment-28368 If couples really understood the financial and emotional cost of children, I doubt whether anyone would become a parent. Raising children is the ultimate in private cost and public benefit. The better parent one is, the less one will get from the public purse, the fewer costs one will impose on society, and the greater value one's offspring will be to society. Once upon a time having children was economically advantageous to their parents. They were not merely extra mouths to feed, but extra hands on the farm or in the business. Then when the parents were no longer able to look after themselves, the children provided the pension plan. From an economic point of view, as things stand to-day, children are nothing but a burden on their parents. It's really personal financial lunacy to have children. Of course, <i>someone else</i> must continue to have children, otherwise there will be no economy. If couples really understood the financial and emotional cost of children, I doubt whether anyone would become a parent.

Raising children is the ultimate in private cost and public benefit. The better parent one is, the less one will get from the public purse, the fewer costs one will impose on society, and the greater value one’s offspring will be to society.

Once upon a time having children was economically advantageous to their parents. They were not merely extra mouths to feed, but extra hands on the farm or in the business. Then when the parents were no longer able to look after themselves, the children provided the pension plan.

From an economic point of view, as things stand to-day, children are nothing but a burden on their parents. It’s really personal financial lunacy to have children.

Of course, someone else must continue to have children, otherwise there will be no economy.

]]> By: Rafe http://clubtroppo.com.au/2005/12/25/policy-has-failed/#comment-28350 Rafe Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2018#comment-28350 It sounds pretty ordinary to me, all this stuff about crises to beat us up into a frenzy for more social activism. On the topic of the cost of parenthood, what if people take this into account and plan for it instead of living to the limit and then expecting the state to put their hands into other people's pockets to help. Bah humbug!! It sounds pretty ordinary to me, all this stuff about crises to beat us up into a frenzy for more social activism. On the topic of the cost of parenthood, what if people take this into account and plan for it instead of living to the limit and then expecting the state to put their hands into other people’s pockets to help. Bah humbug!!

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