I agree with Ludwig,

"I find it very strange that the author is really only concerned about women in the context of having kids later in life or not at all, or of not being willing to support the strong political bias towards working families."

This wanton greed by families is making single people sick (and even some families themselves).

It's a disease in our society and political system.

seether>"Are we such a cynical electorate that we all vote with a tax-break in mind?"

Ask all the families. They certainly DID NOT vote for your interests when you were single.

This is about a redress of balance. You have it backwards (extreme self-interest and greed by families is already in place).

Hi all

One comment in the article I found disturbing - that some women "settle" for not having children. I chose not to have children, for a number of reasons. Nor can I begin to imagine that I would follow my Green vote with a Liberal preference.

However, that said, I also am sick to death of the "working families" mantra, and the awful social ramifications I have seen of the dreaded "baby bonus". Women with whom I have been involved through working in areas of socio-economic disadvantage think it's just great; a new plasma TV looks pretty good. And add to that (now that they have to look for work) when the youngest child turns six, many simply get pregnant again. They left school before Year 10, and have children by several young men who have also never worked and no-one takes any responsibility. The only people these ghetto dwellers know who have had a job are the authority figures with whom they come into contact from time to time (teachers, police, staff of community organizations, etc)

It really is disastrous social policy, and certainly neither of the major parties have even come close to getting it right. Voting for the Greens does not mean living in caves either, but my preference was Democrat, where there were some intelligent, insightful politicians who thought beyond their own seats (and pensions).

Cheers
Nicky

I think someone should write a thesis on the social phenomina of hatred of poor people buying plazma TVs. The symbolism of the plazma constantly astounds me. It's the most maligned piece of electrical equipment ever.

I've remained of the same mind set post-baby as I was pre-baby. People don't have babies for the good of the community. That's such a load of tosh. Be responsible for your own decisions, kids cost money, get over it and stop whinging and saying how hard it is and asking for handouts.

Maybe childless people would want to have kids if the people with kids didn't keep telling them how hard it is and how poor they are. It's almost like they are the martyrs of society, these poor buggers who have to bring up children.

They chose to have children, money is about personal priorities, and children are heaps of fun. No compensation needed here.

The Green Libs (or green libs). I'd like to see that! Some fab rants here. I'd like to see Black's stats.

Even so, there's no reason why some women, whether they have kids or not, wouldn't vote Green first and then Lib. I'm a fan of Bob Brown's but I also support a deregulated economy. So shoot me.

What about single men? Well yes as far as society & Govt. are concerned as a voting bloc they don’t exist nor do their issues! Boy is the s—t about to hit the fan.

Increasing numbers of 30+ heterosexual women are not necessarily single or childless by choice but because these women fail to spend equal time developing meaningful relationships along with their meaningful ‘careers’ & become narcissistic as their t-shirts & tops state ‘It’s all about ME’ This type of woman fail to understand the difference between ‘strong’ & just me & me.

For these women having a disposable relationship attitude & leaving it too late for anything else,they wonder why men fail to find such women attractive & the baby clock ticks off.

Having such narcissistic women as a voting bloc both inside & outside Govt. is Rudd’s (Mr?) version of …….