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A comment on First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older Adult Population.

Re:First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older ... by pvm3 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @12:32PM (#28370129)
how long until we see a tax credit for pets?
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Re:First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older ... by spywaregorilla on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @12:48PM (#28370397)
Why would the government incentive pets?
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Re:First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older ... by iscrewyou on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @12:58PM (#28370545)
This is relevant: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/pet-project-biden...

I can see this being adopted in the future as therapy for regular patients and then for everybody.

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Re:First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older ... by vmception on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @12:55PM (#28370496)
Because their constituents want it
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Re:First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older ... by pvm3 on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @12:57PM (#28370517)
no reason, but politicians want votes and proportion of childless pet owners relative to general population will continue to increase
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Re:First US Census Bureau Report on Growing Childless Older ... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @12:59PM (#28370559)
Pets can already predict the outcome of major sporting events, so they would probably be good government leaders as well.
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