Need $2100, move to Autralia and have a kid!

[CuriousToyBoy]

Originally posted by cj@May 14 2004, 09:57 AM
Anything that encourages women to sit on their ass and breed is not a good move in my eyes!

I agree 100% with that statement Carla!

Too much encouragement to get pregnant, sit at home and get the sole parent benefit.

And unfortunately, with such an advanced welfare system, this has been a problem for a LONG time.

The new "election budget" child encouragement "features" will not aid that.

On the OTHER side of the coin, for those of us with families and those planning new children, it is a god send.

I read somewhere recently that it costs around $280, 000 to raise a child from birth to age 18 (not including college).

Thats a hell of a lot of joins