Several countries have taken significant measures to try to encourage people to have more children and combat falling birth rates, but the U.S. is not one of them. Although the Department of Transportation was recently directed to give precedence to “communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average,” earlier this month.
Now Musk, who President Donald Trump tapped to head the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has vocalized support for tax incentives for mothers.
Shit, i should type this into a pretty infographic somewhere, the number of times that i repeat it:
The labor market is a market, it is regulated by Supply and Demand. Less supply (fewer workers) ==> higher prices (higher wages).
That is good for the workers, and it increases the quality-of-life. That is a true socioeconomic strategy.
Musk is a grifter who wants to breed cheap wage-slaves who would earn almost nothing and who would spend their lives in poverty. Expendable slaves. If the people have fewer children, that becomes less doable.
It’s exactly why Republicans are so against abortion as well. Have as many babies as possible and dilute the labor market so wages go as low as possible.
As I mentioned elsewhere: Grist for the mill.