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Re:Community’s 25yrs without a newborn shows scale of Japan’... by HALtheWise on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:19AM (#35207798)
One other (bad) option is raising the retirement age or lowering the start-work age.
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Re:Community’s 25yrs without a newborn shows scale of Japan’... by Ekaros on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:17AM (#35208869)
Maybe the solution is simply to end retirement. As in end the social security for old people.
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Re:Community’s 25yrs without a newborn shows scale of Japan’... by ianai on Saturday March 18, 2023 @12:44PM (#35210628)
It’s already set high enough that the years past that point aren’t productive. Social security and Medicare/Medicaid were a response to advanced age meaning destitution, poverty, and horrific suffering.

It’s essentially UBI and universal healthcare that winds up making a lot of demand for younger workers. Keeps the grandparents able to help raise kids, if wanted/suitable.

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Re:Community’s 25yrs without a newborn shows scale of Japan’... by qwytw on Sunday March 19, 2023 @09:47AM (#35218853)
Maybe we could also recycle old people into fertilizer to decrease reliance on fossil fuels.
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