Should we not follow the UK in stopping baby bonus for high earners? The money saved could be diverted to old age homes as well subsidize the medical fees of the needy. 
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Child benefit to be scrapped for higher taxpayers
4 October 2010 Last updated at 06:46 GMT
Child benefit is to be axed for higher rate taxpayers from 2013, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
Talking on BBC One's Breakfast ahead of his appearance at the Conservative party conference, he said the move would save about £1bn.
"It's a big decision for us, but we think it's absolutely necessary and fair given the financial situation we face," he said.
Families earning over about £44,000 would be affected.
He said: "It's very hard to justify taxing people on much lower incomes in order to pay the child benefit to some of the better off in our society.
"It's not a decision taken lightly, but given the scale of the debts Labour's left us with, and given they've left us with no plan and we've had to come up with proposals, we think this is fair."
At the moment, parents are paid £20.30 a week for the eldest child and £13.40 for subsequent children, with payments continuing until the age of 19 for those in full-time education.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11464300
Child benefit to be scrapped for higher taxpayers
4 October 2010 Last updated at 06:46 GMT
Child benefit is to be axed for higher rate taxpayers from 2013, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.
Talking on BBC One's Breakfast ahead of his appearance at the Conservative party conference, he said the move would save about £1bn.
"It's a big decision for us, but we think it's absolutely necessary and fair given the financial situation we face," he said.
Families earning over about £44,000 would be affected.
He said: "It's very hard to justify taxing people on much lower incomes in order to pay the child benefit to some of the better off in our society.
"It's not a decision taken lightly, but given the scale of the debts Labour's left us with, and given they've left us with no plan and we've had to come up with proposals, we think this is fair."
At the moment, parents are paid £20.30 a week for the eldest child and £13.40 for subsequent children, with payments continuing until the age of 19 for those in full-time education.
