Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M

Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by Stevvo on Monday June 08, 2026 @04:03PM (#48451052)

The data/facts disagree with you. In a low birth rate society a constant influx of new tax payers is required. Without it you end up with decades of stagnation like Japan.

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by transcriptase on Monday June 08, 2026 @10:22PM (#48455451)

Why shouldn’t the need for tax revenue go down as the population it’s intended to serve declines?

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by aprilthird2021 on Monday June 08, 2026 @11:18PM (#48455904)

2 main reasons

1) Populations are their most expensive at their oldest age and each subsequent generation is smaller and needs to pay for an old generation larger than their own

2) infrastructure and many of the things a government provides is not scalable down and up. A road is not (much) cheaper to maintain because less people drive on it

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by amunozo on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @01:49AM (#48457012)

One word: ageing. Population declines but also age, so working population declines much more than total population.

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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by s1artibartfast on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:00PM (#48462838)

This sounds like a strong argument for having a stable cap. It's not a total immigration ban and would freeze population at a steady state. This makes all of the boom and bust problems easier, not worse

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