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from the when-you-can't-make-them-see-the-light dept.
The Center for American Progress reports
The anti-vaccine sentiments that originated with a [completely] discredited British study linking the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) shot to autism have made their way to other western countries like Australia.
According to the government agency that tracks Australia's childhood vaccination rates, the rate of kids going without their shots has doubled over the past decade.
[...]Australia has announced an aggressive new approach in this area: Cutting off government benefits to parents who refuse to inoculate their children.
Under the proposal, parents who claim philosophical objections to vaccines will no longer be eligible for welfare payments and childcare rebates that can equal up to $11,500 per child in American dollars. Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the policy change on Sunday, although it still has to be approved by Parliament.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 15 2015, @12:58AM
The problem is people use whichever definition of "equal" benefits them most. To the rich, "equal" means "equal amount", but to people with nothing, "equal" means "equal percentage of disposable income / equal effect on ability to live". To the moronic and the rich, the only "fair" tax is a flat tax, where everyone pays say 10% of their income (which is totally fucking retarded because the poor need literally every last cent just to not starve to death, while the rich will have no problem surviving even if all of their liquid assets are taken).