This has been tried elsewhere I believe. It ends up being a gift for those who can afford kids anyway, and does not incease the number of couples deciding to have children. A small gift for upper middle class.
It was done in Australia quite a few years back and widely mocked. There was a bit of a bump in “XBox babies”, but it was mostly from the kind of people who don’t understand that a one-off cash bonus spent on a bigger TV doesn’t cover the costs of raising a kid.
That is Trump’s demographic, but he’s being very optimistic if he thinks these kids will be going to the polls while he’s still alive.
This has been tried elsewhere I believe. It ends up being a gift for those who can afford kids anyway, and does not incease the number of couples deciding to have children. A small gift for upper middle class.
Better wealth distribution however; that works.
It was done in Australia quite a few years back and widely mocked. There was a bit of a bump in “XBox babies”, but it was mostly from the kind of people who don’t understand that a one-off cash bonus spent on a bigger TV doesn’t cover the costs of raising a kid.
That is Trump’s demographic, but he’s being very optimistic if he thinks these kids will be going to the polls while he’s still alive.