To boost birth rates, Hungary’s prime minister offers zero taxes for families with 4 or more kids

Feb 13, 2019 by Jill

by Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite:

In the latest policy proposal aimed at reversing a declining birth rate, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced a plan to waive income taxes entirely for women with four or more children, among other advantages.

The announcement came as part of a seven-point “Family Protection Action Plan” that Orban detailed during his yearly State of the Nation address Sunday, CNBC reported.

“There are fewer and fewer children born in Europe. For the West, the answer is immigration. For every missing child there should be one coming in and then the numbers will be fine,” he declared. “But we do not need numbers. We need Hungarian children (…) this is Hungary’s answer rather than immigration.”

In addition to the tax waivers, Orban’s plan would include subsidies for large families to buy bigger cars, extending an existing loan program to help families with two or more children buy homes, preferential loans for women under 40 upon getting married, more funding for the country’s healthcare system, and childcare fees for grandparents who look after young children.

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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “State of the Nation” address