I intended the solution to be a tautology. Mom says, I don’t want this kid I’m carrying, please kill it. Society says ok, your kid’s so gonna die. Abortion ensues.
You can fix it after the fact by buying a child credit on the open market. They will start to get expensive if lots of people try to do that but the important thing is to remove one from general circulation, not just enact punishment. That would probably be cheaper in the long-term than paying 25% of your income to the IRS until you are back in compliance (and you don’t get to reverse any penalties for past noncompliance fines; whatever you paid until your were legal again is gone for good).
This plan is absolutely beautiful. It addresses many issues at once - child poverty, unwanted children in bad homes, overpopulation, environmental issues and the economy among many others. The 25% tax fine for children created outside of the credit system is a flat tax that hits everyone equally in percentage terms. It could cost you $2000 dollars a year if you are really poor or it could cost you $10 million a year for a really rich person and they are cumulative if you continue to have more children in violation of the system. There are no loopholes.
You have to acquire another child credit or pay if you want more children than credits available to your household. It doesn’t matter how you get one if you really want another one. You can buy it as noted or you could get a family member than won’t ever use theirs to give you one. There could even be charities set up for donations to specific groups. It doesn’t matter. All that matters is that one credit gets taken out of circulation for every new child born. The rest is just a free market solution to a whole bunch of secondary problems associated with an ever increasing population.
Problem: Everything
Solution: Make me Divine Emperor
(well, it works for me)
Ban the Democratic and Republican parties. If you have ever been a registered voter in either party, you are not eligible to run for office.
Jordon get’s the West Bank; the Gaza Strip either goes back to Egypt, or becomes an enclave of Jordon on the Mediterranean. I doubt Palestine would be economically viable on it’s own, and both Jordon or Egypt would be a lot better at dealing with Hamas than Fatah.
The idea is to propose simple solutions; they’re not necessarily fair or reasonable.