​Why does it cost a single penny to adopt a child in the US? We are all already paying for orphans with our tax dollars that go to foster homes and orphanages. Adopting should be free, or better yet should earn us huge tax credits because we are choosing to spend our own resources on the child

Yes, I understand we don’t want situations where people adopt a bunch of kids just for the money.

There are better ways to vet potential adoptees than a pay wall. Some of my neighbors have had to pay $50,000 in legal fees to adopt their kids.

What the fuck? No wonder there are so many unwanted kids that just stay in the foster home and ultimately grow up to be criminals who spend most of their lives addicted or in prison.

There are so many middle class homes and families like mine that would totally adopt a kid or two but simply can’t because the vast majority of the middle class don’t have tens of thousands of dollars to spare.

Look, the mathematics are on my side. As tax payers, if we foot the fees and legal bills of every family that wants to adopt (provided they go through a background check and a social worker vets their home), we all will end up spending less of our tax dollars on unwanted kids.

Let’s say that $50,000 is how many tax dollars it takes to cover the cost of an adoption. If that kid goes to a stable home, he/she will be far less of a drain on society later in life than those who grow up in the system.

$50,000 seems like a lot but when you think of the cost of them going to prison for any amount of time or going to the ER because of addiction issues, those two things alone far exceed $50,000 and we are either footing the bill through taxes or higher healthcare costs.

You gotta spend some to save some in this situation. Wave the adoption fees, have taxpayers cover it, and all of us will save far more than $50,000 from that child having stability early in their life. They may even go to college and get a good paying job and contribute more in taxes than they ever cost.

That’s the primary goal of investing in people. They eventually pay back what they took if they are setup right.

It’s so dumb that this is a crazy idea but people always look at me like I’m crazy for even suggesting this. So here I am, in this sub.

Edit: I’m new to this sub and you all are amazing. Thank you for explaining the adoption process to me.