Holy shit... Ann Coulter is one bitter, old spinster...

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147. Ann tarred single people that way -- I didn't. I think it's the opposite, based on the single people

I know. But she said SHE, as a single person, was leading an empty and desperate life, and I'll take her word on that.

And I didn't say the burden was one-sided. I said you could flip your point around. I agree that single people, married people, and children are all part of a common social contract.

I have no idea what this special tax break you're referring to that parents get, except for deductions that only account for a fraction of what children cost to raise. Parents in the US don't have children because they're money-makers. They have them DESPITE the cost.

And you're absolutely right, there is no guarantee that children will grow up to take care of their parents. But children do grow up to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes that benefit every elderly person, whether they had their own children or were single all their lives.