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The distortions of the Czech public pensions are seducing to treat pension contributions as if they were an income tax. This includes the proposal of the Pensions Commission to differentiate the pension contribution rates according to the number of dependent children. Its proponents ask to finance the opportunity costs of raising children by these tax rebates. Such extreme requirements do not fit in the typical conservative social model, let alone any other family policy models. In comparison with this background, the Commission’s proposal is very modest. A simple and effective child benefits reform involves a shift to substantially higher and universal benefits that would bring even more to the respective party’s electorate. The further fiscalization of Czech child benefits is ineffective. Czech and international experience has shown that Czech child benefits can be effectively provided both by the social administration and the tax administration.