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.
Harris’ plan was bad then, and this plan is bad now. They’re both clearly attacking the problem from the wrong angle, and just trying to incentivize the creation of more workers to exploit.
I agree, I’m mostly pointing out the similarities. If we survive to the next ebb in power, I hope progressives can push it the way it should be.