Aging population problems of Japan: A warning.

[Trick Pony]

Lol you seriously don't see the point here? I have a feeling this will get nowhere with you but here's a shot...It's talking about the financial burden on the young with a disproportionate amount of elderly. If people saved properly the reliance on government funded retirements would be less severe. The reliance on family to take care of the old would be less severe. Please tell me you just misread what I wrote.

If it were up to me, I'd say scrap social security an let me put that in my 401K. But no...I'm paying for a benefit I most likely won't get mug of anything from.

I don't think you understand. Not sure if it's still true today but in the past couple decades the Japanese people saved a higher percentage of their income than and were among the most frugal countries. There comes a time when shit gets so expensive that you can't save, can't afford to (responsibly) have kids, etc. The lazy fucks here on welfare just don't believe it. I'd rather pay to take care of an elderly person that worked hard before they retired than most of the people here on government assistance.

[ThreeFingerPete]

Lol you seriously don't see the point here? I have a feeling this will get nowhere with you but here's a shot...It's talking about the financial burden on the young with a disproportionate amount of elderly. If people saved properly the reliance on government funded retirements would be less severe. The reliance on family to take care of the old would be less severe. Please tell me you just misread what I wrote.

If it were up to me, I'd say scrap social security an let me put that in my 401K. But no...I'm paying for a benefit I most likely won't get mug of anything from.

6$ per gallon gasoline, 30% taxation, sales tax, etc. I guess that you don't get the point that the current generation is burdened by the programs for the welfare of people who aren't dying. You know... a lot like America.

If they're unable to save due to excessive taxation, then how is saving the answer to this? Are you trying to say that if the previous generations had saved then those programs would have been unnecessary?

[kingjason]

I don't think you understand. Not sure if it's still true today but in the past couple decades the Japanese people saved a higher percentage of their income than and were among the most frugal countries. There comes a time when shit gets so expensive that you can't save, can't afford to (responsibly) have kids, etc. The lazy fucks here on welfare just don't believe it. I'd rather pay to take care of an elderly person that worked hard before they retired than most of the people here on government assistance.

^^^^ 100 percent agree.

[Baba Ganoush]

There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this planet having less people on it.

Amen Brotha.


They need an accepted euthanasia policy, and have those geriatric pervs offer themselves up, in return their family gets a tax break.


So do we, and here it should be mandatory sterilization for anyone accepting welfare that hasn't contributed x amount of tax dollars.

[line-em-up]

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Having more and more kids to take care of the previous generation is stupid to me. That's like govt that wants to borrow more and more money to keep paying off a higher debt.