The Middle Class Should Grow in Number

I have been thinking lately. Being the conservative that I am, I have been trying to think of solutions to many problems of the Philippine and I have come up with the conclusion that the Philippines needs it middle class to grow in numbers.

Here goes.

One of the problem that we face if the skyrocketing number of our population. We are now 97 million Filipinos. And a great number of our countrymen have no jobs. The government is greatly burdened by services and welfare. And we all get bad service. It may seem far fetched but my conclusion is that that in order to arrest the growth of our population and the to alleviate poverty is that the middle class should grow in numbers.

WHY?
Because the middle class are the ones who make few children, It’s rare nowadays to see large middle class families. Many of our young professionals even reach the age of 30-35 before getting married and having children. Heck, our population may even shrink after 20 years if the middle class grow in number.


How are we going to do it?

Well of course we need to formulate a policy that will foster the growth of the middle class. One way I could think of is to overhaul our system of income taxation. At present, every tax payer can have tax exemptions based on the number of his/her dependents. The more dependents you have, the more exemptions you can avail. So if you are the poor sucker who is single and has no dependent, you have to pay the government more. Doesn’t sound fair does it? Add to it the fact that minimum wage earners are now exempt from paying income tax. And that most minimum wage earners and the jobless are the ones who have large numbers of dependents. This group of people who contribute little to the government coffers are the ones who pass on a great burden to the government through their dependents. They greatly burden the public education and public health systems. They greatly burden the government services. And who pays for all these? The MIDDLE CLASS.

What if, we have a system of collecting income taxes that is the exact opposite of what we have now. The less dependents you have, the less taxes you pay. You pay the government in taxes for every child that you bring into this world until they join the workforce. If your children does not go to a public school, you can file it for tax exemption. If your family did not avail of government services in health care, you can file it for exemption. Those low income families who have few dependents can now enjoy lesser taxes. And slowly but surely, they can now afford better education and their children will join the ranks of the middle class when they join the workforce. And the government services will be less burdened by welfare and public education and public health services can now finally be improved.

This is just one policy I could think of that immediately benefits those who practice family planning. It rewards people with lesser taxes by reproducing less. So they can spend the money they save elsewhere to better themselves and contribute to the economy.
And we will have a better quality and better educated population. And with a better quality and better educated population we will have a better workforce and better leaders and maybe the Philippines can finally be a great nation.

We need to stop this welfare state attitude. Our own betterment is in our own hands. The middle class should push for reforms in income taxation. We should resist the socialist policies of the government.