tax payers are "funding people to have babies" because it is through taxes that our government raises revenue. However, our current population is not producing enough revenue to meet the promises and demands and so an increase in population is needed for future sustainability. The payment to do so is "encouragement" to contribute to population growth.
The reason that it is the "*cough* wealthy *cough*" being encouraged at the moment to do so is because it is this demographic that are more likely to be able to afford to raise a child but have chosen not to. Whereas past Baby Bonuses etc have focused on providing incentive for those who propbably really can't afford to raise a child independent of government assistance.
I am reasonably certain that the current 'encouragement" would not entice people to have a baby if they really didn't want one.
IMO, it's not enough to just "want a baby" you really need to consider if you can meet the long term financial requirements as well. without needing to rely on government/tax payer assistance.
And that is exactly why the gov is targetting the higher income demographic to contribute more to population growth (cos they're currently underperforming) because long term, they are less likely to draw on Governement assistance, whereas someone already receiving governemtnassistance is likely to rely on it even more heavily once they are responsible for more children.
Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.
