> That sounds incredibly distopian.
It sounds a bit sexist (as if moms should stay home and their spouse, male of female should be employed) - but it's only dystopian if society doesn't recognize that the work not only needs to be taxed, but also rewarded.
For example, with basic income - or simply by paying people to stay home to care for their kids. The problem with the latter is that it reinforces gender stereotypes in a job market where there is gender difference in pay (ie: all current real-world job markets) -- it makes financial sense for the one that makes the least above caregiver compensation to stay home. I'm sure there are other ways to combat this (say base compensation on whole-household income, so that the net will end up being roughly the same no matter who stays home) -- but it's not entirely trivial to figure out.