I’m not arguing in favor of incentivizing having kids (which most societies say they want to do). I’m arguing that the state does take an active interest in providing a safety net for people and kids are people.
You have changed your argument from the cuts to the original subsidies, and I believe that works in my favor.
I think my point is that the state feels they are currently incentivizing children (which is not something they want to pay for, and was an unintended effect (by the state, not the Charaidim)). This cost was OK (as long as the Charaidim voted with the party in power), but is now overwhelming other parts of the existing safety net (such as apartments for veterans). This caused the social justice protests (and is what brought Lapid into power). Therefore the subsidies were cut back to be more in line with what would benefit the most people who do service and support the state.
Here in America, we are in a similar situation. The safety net of Medicare/Medicaid is taking up funds so quickly that it is causing us to not be able to uphold other parts (such as Head Start, which is being cut due to lack of funding).