PRIVILEGE: TAX THE HELL OUT OF WORKING CHILDLESS WOMEN
They are experiencing the greatest luxury, greatest conspicuous consumption, at the greatest social expense.
—“Japan has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, with each woman bearing an average of 1.4 children. At that rate, demographers project a plunge from 127 million people today to 87 million by 2060, sapping the workforce of its vital young workers and putting an enormous strain on state finances. The shrinkage has already begun. In 2013, Japan’s population declined by a record-breaking 244,000 people. All of which has led to some rather creative policy proposals from the Chamber of Commerce, such as retaining 70-year-old’s in the workforce, doubling government expenditures on childcare and encouraging men to ask working women out on a date.”—
Furthermore, keeping 70 year olds in the work force is an excellent idea. Adding 14 year olds to the work force is a better idea. Growth from demographic expansion is a bad idea. Collapse from demographic contraction is a very, very bad idea.
No one gets a free ride.
Tax the hell out of working single women.
Source date (UTC): 2014-05-18 04:52:00 UTC
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