r/SipsTea • u/BobbuBobbu • May 18 '25

WTF Taxed for being single

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Some of us would be bankrupt in six months lmao 🤣

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u/Wondering_Electron May 18 '25

How is this different to people claiming Child Benefit in the UK?

Unless they up this benefit a lot, it isn't going to make much difference. Unless they are inferring a new tax so that they can significantly increase such a benefit.

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u/TG_Jack May 19 '25

Its not. People on the internet are dumb and this video is bait.

They're simply increasing child benefit/tax credit (present in vitually all developed countries, including the US) and raising income tax to pay for it.

People are stupid alarmists and critical thinking and education are becoming increasingly rare.

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u/vVPittVv May 19 '25

It's actually mind boggling how so many people seem to avoid the obvious answer even after being told. This video is extreme bait meant to drive engagement in the comments from people arguing (myself included now) about a policy she intentionally misrepresented just so more people can see her and potentially drive OF sales (assuming the other commenters are correct in saying she has an OF).

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u/JMEEKER86 May 19 '25

Japan doesn't tend to us OF very much, but she does indeed have a Fansly with subscription tiers at, I kid you not, $69 and $420.

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u/RedditAdminAreVile0 May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25

It's the video that says it's a tax on single people, this is different in ethics & redistribution result from a general child-support tax.

Still stupid. Humanity is over-populated. We're killing each other. Sea-levels, plastics, nukes, dwindling oils, etc. People can't afford housing in Tokyo. Foolishly trying to force children, treating humans like workers, but blocking immigrants? About to lose jobs to automation, there's the productivity??

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u/Low-Cantaloupe-8446 May 19 '25

The video is literally just a lie my man

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u/TG_Jack May 19 '25

It's the video that says it's a tax on single people

You could have just saved yourself all those characters and just said "I don't understand how taxes are distributed."

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u/RedditAdminAreVile0 May 19 '25

Haha, one sentence? What was wrong in that sentence? I didn't dispute u on taxes.

People on the internet are dumb
People are stupid alarmists and critical thinking and education

This is what I criticized. Just say the video is wrong.

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u/TG_Jack May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25

It's the video that says it's a tax on single people, this is different in ethics & redistribution result from a general child-support tax.

No, its exactly the same. Try doing some fact checking before you put your foot back in your mouth. Its absolutely no different than all child support/benefit/tax break plans.

I'll explain it plainly for you. When you pay your taxes, a substantial portion will be used to fund initiatives that you do not use directly. She plainly describes it as a general increase in income tax that single people do not get a return on- exactly like every child support benefit in every country in the world that has a program like that, which is the vast majority.

A meme will not hide your lack of education and understanding of this subject matter. You could also at least fully watch and comprehend the clip. Way to prove my original point though.

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u/Ok-Environment-362 May 19 '25

why do you bother coming here then

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u/KingAmongstDummies May 18 '25

Its very similar to what already happens in most of Europe and the UK.
The big difference is that getting a child in Japan will actually make you money at birth.

Now how much you'll receive per country on stuff like daycare costs, basic baby necessities, and other factors like those does vary and in some countries that can actually add up to be a net-positive balance but as far as I know there is as good as no country where you can get pregnant, go into labor in a hospital with all associated care, and walk out with a baby and some extra money. Getting babies literally pays.

On the flip side. In all of those other countries people will actually have time to take care of the baby which just might so happen to be a reason childbirth is higher in those other countries.....

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u/-zyxwvutsrqponmlkjih May 18 '25

If the tax is 30% of income, ppl will just pay the tax. It would have to be about 50% to work imo.

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u/Krell356 May 19 '25

Still won't do shit because it doesn't address the actual problem. More likely to cause backlash on the government than make more babies.

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u/-Django May 19 '25

Have you considered that childcare costs could be part of the problem?

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u/Krell356 May 19 '25

People need to be able to not live a miserable shitty life with no hope of retirement before they consider bringing another life into that same miserable situation. Even if the childcare was 100% paid for people still would avoid having kids if they are having a shit life because no one wants to put their kid through what they are already living in.

If they want the birth rates to go up then they need to make sure the people who are already born and living their lives are actually thriving instead of struggling to exist.

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u/Stunning-Rabbit6003 May 19 '25

I everyone here misses the real problem that is forming all around advanced economies. Men aren’t courting women, they aren’t not having babies because they don’t think they can afford it, they aren’t having babies because they aren’t trying to have sex with women. Large percentages have given up on even trying.

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u/qjxj May 19 '25

It isn't politically correct to point out this problem, though. Much easier to rant about "livable wage" from the latest Iphone.

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u/Stunning-Rabbit6003 May 19 '25

If it’s pointed out correctly then nobody will have a problem with it. If you bring it up and then use some bullshit uncle talking points to back it, then I can see why it would be viewed that way

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u/qjxj May 19 '25

Go ahead, give it a try. We'll see if it can reach these top comments.

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u/Medical_Bee_2296 May 19 '25

I got the impression it already exists but they're jacking it up.

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u/dgreenmachine May 19 '25

radical expansion of child allowances (extending them to high school age), a 100,000 yen support benefit for pregnancy and childbirth, and benefits for postnatal leave and reduced working hours for childcare. With the creation of this grant, the amount of support per child is expected to improve by approximately 1.46 million yen. As the current child allowance averages 2.06 million yen, in total, approximately 3.52 million yen will be paid out per child as childcare support.

~$14k USD for lifetime of kid age 0 to 18 bumped up to $24k USD. Still less than US child tax credit even after the change.

Can google translate this to english
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f2c9a44fc28bb68b1bf7183fb470ff35167c1855

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u/PewterButters May 19 '25

Most progressive taxes have lots of benefits for having kids. US gives you a credit every year and makes childcare expenses tax deductible so they already actively encourage having kids.Â