so the criteria for success is 'making six digits' which you correlate to hard work and intelligence.
That ignores the following cases:
- Intelligent, hard working but not high income ( Academics)
- circumstances, today you make 'six digits' but due to thousands of variables ( Market, industry, health) you lose the ability to generate that income after having kids
- being hard working, intelligent does not make you any better parent, in fact there is a case for the opposite where you cannot dedicated time to the raising of children.
- Anecdotally I personally know many people who are making six digits, who would probably make terrible parents
Simulate a scenario where people living on welfare are incentivized to have 2 extra children. Those 2 extra children are unlikely to increase the wealth of the population, resulting in a spiral of poverty within a few generations.
I know many people who make more than six digits who are excellent parents and would be happy to have more children. I also know many people who make more than six digits who have happily removed themselves from the breeding stock and live a gluttonous child free existence. People who make more than six digits are unlikely to have children unless they want them
Wow. This is an incredibly ridiculous and damaging statement.
It's sad that the only way you measure hard work and intelligence is whether or not someone has a six-figure income.