system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Economics] - People with higher incomes tend to have less children. This leads to things such as larger families tending to live in smaller homes, and vice versa. Is this a justification for redistribution of income/child support? Any general comments on the situation?
gpt
That is a question of moral values isnt it? There is no universally true answer. If you believe that every child should have this and that conditions of living and opportunities, then yes you can justify redistribution of income. If you believe that parents were aware of their low income and yet chose to have that many children then they made a choice to raise that many kids with those resources, then you cannot justify taking away from richer kids and giving it to poorer kids. 




Of course there would be other implications, for instance giving large benefits to large families would increase the size of low income families further which would have other implications. But ultimately it is a question of what you believe to be morally just.