(this is a bit long, you might want to get comfy)
Here in Australia we have this hideous abomination called the "Baby Bonus". Basically the mother* is given $4000 (which is going up to $5000 next year) upon the birth of the child (for each child, so if she has twins, it is double the amount). This was introduced to help fight the problem of "ageing population", but all it has done is encourage those on the lower-end of the socio-economic spectrum (ie aboriginals and bogan white-trash) to just breed in order to get the money. Most of these people are massively welfare dependant to start with, so all they are doing is bringing up more children in that environment, which will only increase the problem of welfare dependancy down the track. There are some horror stories of girls as young as 12 getting knocked up in order to receive this money. Yes.. it really is that fucked up.
The problem is, no politican who wants to be elected would ever propose rolling back or abolishing the baby bonus. They might be able to put the wheels in motion once they are in office, but that basically will kill their chances of re-election, as the last election has shown that those politicians who tow the "Family values" and "working families" line are the ones who get the vote (and the hard-working singles who are the tax-base of this economy can go fuck themselves, basically).
I read somewhere not too long ago that 40% of the families in this country receive more in benefits than what they pay in taxes. If the definition of "a family" includes a single moo who doesn't work, then the figure is believable. That means basically there is a lot of dead weight in this society that isn't doing its fare share of work, yet is able to reap all the benefits.
Then there are all the tax rebates one can get for childcare and other out-of-pocket child expenses, plus some employers allow extra 'parental leave' and sick days for employees that have children.
So, we probably can't get tax money back from breeders, but there sure are ways we can reduce the amount spent on them. My proposal is thus:
1) Abolish the baby bonus, reduce or abolish other tax incentives. If you have a child for the relatively measly sum of $4000*, you are too fucking stupid to be a responsible parent, and will most likely pawn off the child to your own parents or just not look after it. These useless fucks think its some reward for some sort of good achievement! If anything, its this attitude that needs serious adjustment.
This will be part of my "You breed 'em, you feed 'em" policy.
(* The payment is made out in the mother's name, even if she is married.)
2) Free contraception, sterilization and abortion. This will be made part of the pubic health system. Free abortions and sterilization for anyone who wants them. In fact, why not use the money for the baby bonus to reward those who get snipped? I'm sure those who jumped at the idea of the baby bonus would probably go for this one (until they realise its a one-off thing and they can't have a repeat performance).
Also, irresponsible breeders will be forcibly sterilized. Overall suffering is reduced (trauma suffered due to forced sterilization vs shitty lives of unplanned-for children, no contest IMHO).
3) "Luxury services" such as Pay TV, XBOX Live, World of Warcraft, broadband internet, etc, should not be available to those on welfare unless a relative of theirs wishes to pay for it (and of course that relative also must not be on welfare). Its amazing how many houses in the welfare parts of town have satellite dishes on them - I guess they need to have something to watch during the day since they don't work. If they can afford these things, it either means they are neglecting something they should be spending the money on (ie, food, shoes, electricity, etc) or are given too much money to start with. I think its a bit of both. Pissing and moaning about not being able to afford Christmas presents for the children shouldn't make any difference. You dont NEED presents, if you want them, go out and earn some money! Christ, I used to hear how my grandparents were so poor growing up that they often didn't have birthday presents (or would get shoes or some other essential item), yet they turned out to be useful productive members of society - they weren't forever haunted by the Christmas when Santa forgot them.
4) Regular inspections for welfare housing. Breeders who are placed in public housing often treat the place like everything else they own - they trash it and then expect it to be fixed up (tax payers expense, of course). A lot of these slobs don't even have basic life skills such as cooking fresh food and cleaning. This is what generational welfare-dependancy does to people, it stops them from having to think for themselves as everything is just given to them.
If the house is continually trashed and the occupants don't want to improve their situation, they find themselves out on the fuckin' street, with the children taken into foster care. Hopefully just the thought of that would be enough of a motivator, but there'll be some who will push it to the limit.
5) Crackdown on disability payments. There are those who are genuinely disabled and cannot work because of it - fair enough. But then there are those who stubbed their big toe on the job 14 years ago and still somehow haven't managed to get over the mental anguish it caused, and are living on a disability pension. All disability cases will be re-evaluated, and those not found to be genuine will go onto the dole (ie, unemployment benefits) which brings me to my next point...
6) Work for the dole - or starve. The goverment's work for the dole program has been met with limited success. Those who want to do something were willing to get out there and 'earn' their unemployment benefits, while a great number of those who simply CHOSE not to work continue to do nothing. If you are able bodied and are on the dole, it will be an offense to refuse work that you are capable of doing, or refuse training for other kinds of work you are capable of doing. If you turn down work, your benefits get cut off. "Work for the dole" means you need to WORK for it. I'm sick of hearing stories how these lazy fucks are sometimes even offered free taxis to take them to and from work and still somehow manage to come up with excuses not to, and then those that do show up often think the world owes them something just because they made a minimal effort!
If elected, this will be part of my "No Free Ride" policy of welfare reform.
7) Severely limit "family reunion" immigration. If you want to bring in your parents from "the old country" to be with you during their retirement, then compulary top-level health insurance is obligatory. The public health system is under enough strain as it is, and even more so with the "ageing population" problem we are always hearing about, so we don't need to import more old people who will only be requiring similar services (oh, and probably translators, too).
8) No paid maternity leave. Australia will soon be looking at legislation for paid maternity leave. I don't need to tell you all how disasterous this will be for employers, and how once again the CF will need to pick up the slack. And if it becomes law, you can imagine how some moos will get in a huff if their devine right to take time off work is questioned.
In this case, what I propose is a system similar to superannuation (or 401k for you Americans). You make payments into a managed fund (that you can't touch until needed) from your pre-tax income that you can then use if you wish to take maternity/paternity leave. This not only lowers the amount of income tax you have to pay, but also provides you with a time off work period that is independant of your current employer. Basically, you end up funding your own maternity leave - which is a lot fairer than expecting your employer to do it since having a child is something that YOU **CHOSE** TO DO! If you reach a pre-determined age without using it, you can get the money back as a lump sum (taxed) or add it to your superannuation (tax free). Everyone wins!