As tax paying individuals, we should be entitled to lower income taxes if we do not have children. Reason: those with children get tax write-offs, but use all of the public systems 100X more per child than those who don't have children. Why should someone pay more taxes for not having a child, while those with many children get a tax deduction? This is backwards. If the deduction method were changed, it would not only be fair for the single tax payer who cannot have a child for health reasons, but might also help prevent those from having children they cannot afford-- just to receive the benefits of merely having a child for the "write-off". If 1 person uses all of the public items in our country, they should pay less tax than those who use it 4, 5, or 10 times that.
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