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>The next six years, until the 2030s, will be “the last chance for us to possibly reverse the trend,” he said. I feel like this is set in stone at this point.

>The next six years, until the 2030s, will be “the last chance for us to possibly reverse the trend,” he said. I feel like this is set in stone at this point. Virtually no chance these will change in the next 6 years. >“Simple economic measures such as increase of subsidies are not going to resolve the serious problem of declining births,” This is going to be shockingly bad for Japan. They are about 15 years too late to do anything about this anymore. Though at the same time they have no choice but to do something regardless. Else become much worse off later. >adding that a conservative mindset espousing traditional gender roles at home and at the workplace also needs to change. That's a very bad decision on their part that will exacerbate their crisis. >Surveys show that younger Japanese are increasingly reluctant to marry or have children, discouraged by bleak job prospects, the high cost of living Easy enough to understand the root cause here. Extreme taxation for their growing 260% public debt to gdp. You might say, "default on the debt" but that isn't going to fix anything neither, probably make things worse.

Gigachad 2y ago
Maybe I’m under thinking it, but this problem seems relatively simple to solve. Just make raising kids free. You get free childcare, and get paid a wage to raise your kids.
- incomingpain 2y ago
  >Maybe I’m under thinking it, but this problem seems relatively simple to solve. Just make raising kids free. You get free childcare, and get paid a wage to raise your kids. Way too simple. This is the case already. Here in Canada you literally get paid ~$2000/kid/year. straight up cash. This is true elsewhere as well, and each place has the same aging population and low fertility. This isn't a matter of what can fix the problem. The actual cause of the problem is government essentially legislated this to be the case. This problem largely speaking is the root cause of political polarization.
  - acdha 2y ago
    $2k/year is nowhere near even the direct costs of raising a child. Think about how much an extra bedroom and food would cost even before you get to things like childcare, education, increased travel costs, etc.
  - Gigachad 2y ago
    $2k would hardly cover anything. I'm talking about free schooling and supplies, free childcare, free gear for raising kids, and a payment to cover the rest.

Gigachad 2y ago

Maybe I’m under thinking it, but this problem seems relatively simple to solve. Just make raising kids free. You get free childcare, and get paid a wage to raise your kids.

incomingpain 2y ago
>Maybe I’m under thinking it, but this problem seems relatively simple to solve. Just make raising kids free. You get free childcare, and get paid a wage to raise your kids. Way too simple. This is the case already. Here in Canada you literally get paid ~$2000/kid/year. straight up cash. This is true elsewhere as well, and each place has the same aging population and low fertility. This isn't a matter of what can fix the problem. The actual cause of the problem is government essentially legislated this to be the case. This problem largely speaking is the root cause of political polarization.
- acdha 2y ago
  $2k/year is nowhere near even the direct costs of raising a child. Think about how much an extra bedroom and food would cost even before you get to things like childcare, education, increased travel costs, etc.
- Gigachad 2y ago
  $2k would hardly cover anything. I'm talking about free schooling and supplies, free childcare, free gear for raising kids, and a payment to cover the rest.