Higher pensions for parents with many children

In Spain the number of pensioners is growing while the number of children dwindles. As the politicians discuss raising the pension age, the business paper Expansión proposes that the pension a person receives be coupled to the number of children they have raised: "We close this article with a proposal that could lead to a higher birth rate and more intra-generational fairness regarding pensions: that the pension a person receives be corrected upwards or downward, depending on the number of children a pensioner has. ... It would be fair because it takes into account what each individual has spent and contributed towards raising the Spanish citizens who will produce the wealth part of which the pensioners will enjoy. ... And it would boost the birth rate without costing taxpayers a single euro."

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