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They give people with kids child benefits, yeah, but that’s not really how taxes work when you have a fiat currency. Taxes are meant to take money out of circulation, they aren’t what finances government expenditure.
Edit: they did also raise the child benefit recently, but that’s not really a useful relief for people with kids, because everything else is inflating while wages stagnate, so a fixed pittance thrown their way isn’t an effective way to subsidize families.
They give people with kids child benefits, yeah, but that’s not really how taxes work when you have a fiat currency. Taxes are meant to take money out of circulation, they aren’t what finances government expenditure.
Edit: they did also raise the child benefit recently, but that’s not really a useful relief for people with kids, because everything else is inflating while wages stagnate, so a fixed pittance thrown their way isn’t an effective way to subsidize families.