31-10-2021, 07:03 PM
Couples who refuse to have kids should get lesser subsidy and pay more taxes.
Our HDBs are subsidised. It is meant for couples who want to set up families and have kids who contribute to Singapore in future. Selfish couples who want to YOLO, enjoy themselves should not enjoy subsidies when they buy HDB.
If selfish couples don't produce kids who will be future taxpayers, then we should raise taxes on these selfish childless couples to compensate for the lack of future taxes.
This is fair and reasonable.
Many of them face pressure, and are often labelled selfish or even unnatural for not wanting children.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
SINGAPORE - Madam Shirlene Noordin is 52 this year, and she still gets asked when she will have children. The communications director, who has been married for a decade, used to find such questions intrusive, but they now just make her chuckle.
When she was younger and answered that she preferred never to be a mother, friends and relatives often told her she would change her mind. Some even warned that she might regret her decision one day.
Now, past her childbearing years, neither has happened. She and her husband continue to live a fulfilling child-free life.
She is not alone. According to the latest population figures, there is a growing pool of married women in Singapore who do not have children.
Our HDBs are subsidised. It is meant for couples who want to set up families and have kids who contribute to Singapore in future. Selfish couples who want to YOLO, enjoy themselves should not enjoy subsidies when they buy HDB.
If selfish couples don't produce kids who will be future taxpayers, then we should raise taxes on these selfish childless couples to compensate for the lack of future taxes.
This is fair and reasonable.
ST CloseUp: Why some women choose to be child-free
Many of them face pressure, and are often labelled selfish or even unnatural for not wanting children.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
SINGAPORE - Madam Shirlene Noordin is 52 this year, and she still gets asked when she will have children. The communications director, who has been married for a decade, used to find such questions intrusive, but they now just make her chuckle.
When she was younger and answered that she preferred never to be a mother, friends and relatives often told her she would change her mind. Some even warned that she might regret her decision one day.
Now, past her childbearing years, neither has happened. She and her husband continue to live a fulfilling child-free life.
She is not alone. According to the latest population figures, there is a growing pool of married women in Singapore who do not have children.