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Re:Aging Japan Wants Automation, Not Immigration by mc32 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @12:17AM (#15078494)
Singapore, a multicultural society, has a pretty progressive baby bonus[1], among other countries. They think that's what works best for their society. They could import labor, but they prefer do it their way. It seems to work for them.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_bonus

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Re:Aging Japan Wants Automation, Not Immigration by surfmike on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @02:05AM (#15078898)
Their baby bonus also does not work, they have one of the lowest fertility rates in the world.
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Re:Aging Japan Wants Automation, Not Immigration by StudyAnimal on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @02:09AM (#15078931)
No it's bad for society. Kids cost money, immigrants earn money. Penalize breeding, encourage immigration.
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Re:Aging Japan Wants Automation, Not Immigration by derping69 on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @10:34AM (#15081806)
Will those uneducated immigrants earn money when they are no longer needed due to automation? If you have to pay to educate them anyway why not just have your population have kids instead of importing?
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Re:Aging Japan Wants Automation, Not Immigration by StudyAnimal on Thursday August 24, 2017 @07:01AM (#15089085)
The uneducated ones we need to fill the jobs that educated locals won't do and won't be automated in their lifetimes. But a lot of them are educated and we need them too.
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