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> the German population is either stagnant or declining Is that true? If yes, is that hurting government pension/retirement systems? That sounds like a disaste
by hcurtiss 3y ago
> the German population is either stagnant or declining
Is that true? If yes, is that hurting government pension/retirement systems? That sounds like a disaster to me. That also means Germany is excluding immmigrants more than is popularly understood.
* seems it’s a known problem: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/31/germanys-pension-system-will-collapse-without-reform-influential-lobby-group-says.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/31/germanys-pension-system-will...
- soco 3y agoFrom what I understand (please correct me if I'm wrong) one of the points of Merkel's politics when encouraging immigration was exactly this - getting a younger workforce in, to restore the pyramid. Now some people say "immigration bad" but I didn't see any alternate solutions for fixing the pension system. I mean, there might be, but I haven't seen them.
- dukeyukey 3y agoThing is, immigration to Germany is quite high. It's just Germany is a populous country (more people than all of the US in and west of the Rockies!) with a _very_ low birth rate. So even when 17% of the German population are immigrants, the population is _still_ falling.