Critics of governmental monetary support of child-raising argue that this form of support discourages work and that the provided assistance will not necessarily translate into any benefits for children. This assertion proves true in the United States because “the inherent problem with welfare lay in the fact that it is taken away as its recipients improve their situation” (Duncan 105). By improving their social position, parents ultimately worsen the chances of their children succeeding with less monetary support, causing parents to, instead, maintain their poor situations without working to advance their lives or the lives of their children. Increasing taxes on earnings and welfare is the main contributor to this problem. Because the unintended consequence of imposing these taxes resulted in diminishing financial rewards of work and ultimately contributed to the increasing inequality gap between poor and wealthy families and children, “it is important to develop income support programs that meet the needs that welfare provided without the limitations and harmful side effects that welfare created” (Duncan 107). larger tax deductions are the solution to this problem because they preserve the utility of welfare programs while preventing the tendency for parents to maintain, or lessen their current social position.