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Doing my part by not liking shrimp since the early 90s

It’s also a potential catalyst for more countries imposing tolls on the straits they control, the way they used to do in the past. If that ever happens it’d put a huge strain on global commerce.

It’s also possible we’ll see something like a EU law forcing PC manufacturers to offer a choice for the pre-installed OS on devices they sell.

You have such a beautiful way with words

This would definitely be better. It’ll avoid some scenarios I wrote about in my other comment

This proposal doesn’t sit well with me, for various reasons.

First, how does it work for people who can’t have children? Will they have to submit a test result proving it? What if a medically sterile person has a child by some unlikely happenstance (I’ve read it happens sometimes)? Do they owe back the unpaid taxes then?

I can imagine a scenario where such a person would elect to be sterilised or abort a fetus to avoid having to pay thousands of euros, leading to one less child being born.

Also, what about rich people? Isn’t it time we start to tax them and punish the methods they use to avoid taxes?

Speaking of rich people: suppose they work out the added tax (if they even pay it, that is) is more than the cost of having a child. Would they have one and proceed to completely forego doing any parenting just for the sake of saving money? How will that child grow up?

What about people who can’t have children? Would they have to prove infertility beyond any doubt? How would that work?

Maybe this is addressed in the law, but the article doesn’t mention it.

I’m not sure there’s anything there, so let’s make a special place for them right here