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Here in the UK we already basically have this system to a certain extent - as someone with no children I pay tax that, amongst other things I benefit from, contributes to a lot I don’t - things like a child's education and child benefits. It’s all good because it benefits society as a whole.

This is such a tiny amount (in GBP terms I think I calculated they’d be wanting someone on 20k to pay £3 a month).

I don't think the UK would need to adopt anything additional to what it already has in terms of additional tax for those without kids or those who aren’t married, but it does need to make having children more affordable. It can do that without penalising those choosing not to have kids or worse, those who biologically cannot.

Japan’s Government would do well to work to discover why their birth rates are declining and fix from within….