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We have the same issues in Canada with our public health system. No one wants to talk about this, but my unpopular opinion is the real problem is our retirement
by zeryx 4y ago
We have the same issues in Canada with our public health system. No one wants to talk about this, but my unpopular opinion is the real problem is our retirement program and lack of fertility - we're way too generous, and without a tax base there's only so much we can do.
Unless a politician actually makes the unpopular move to cut retirement benefits or massively increase fertility this is only going to get worse.
- bufferoverflow 4y agoIncreasing fertility won't do much for the next ~20 years. It takes a long time to raise a taxpayer. Automation is the way.
- koshergweilo 4y ago> Unless a politician actually makes the unpopular move to... massively increase fertility There is no magic political move to increase fertility. If there was Japan would have done it decades ago.
- snidane 4y agoSolving the unaffordability of housing crisis is the step needed to unblock fertility. The solution exist, yet it cannot be pushed forward in a democratic system as it creates a generational conflict. Hint: LVT
- koshergweilo 4y agoAlthough I agree solving the housing problem will help fertility (personally I'm waiting to have kids until I get more permanent housing) it's definitely not the only thing stopping people from having kids. Rich people famously have low fertility and they don't have any trouble getting housing. Fertility, like homelessness, is a multivariable function that requires a multitude of policies and approaches. It's not a simple dial that one can move back and fourth.