Have more children to even out the population pyramid?
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Anonymous2015-03-25 16:45
What? Take the example of a country with 3 old people, 5 adults and 2 children. The government has to pay pensions for 3 and expensive healthcare for 2 (vaccines, pediatrics, etc).
If the adults have more children, we'll have the same 3 old people, the same 5 adults and 3 children. This means one more pediatrist, thus increasing costs. If the population stays as it is, nothing will change.
Why do the governments of countries with aging populations encourage childbearing? They're not magically displacing the elderly, they're simply introducing a new expenditure. It makes sense if you don't want your country to die, but Japan and China are examples of this and they aren't dying any soon.
It makes sense if you want to keep your country from dying, but this reason is never cited and instead they cite the need to "even out the population pyramid because old people are too expensive to maintain". This doesn't make any sense.
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Anonymous2015-03-25 16:53
It's good to have a few extra babies around in case you run out of dogs to eat.
What vaccines are expensive? Pediatrics are also a drop in the bucket compared to geriatric care (chemo, heart surgery, end of life care, hip replacements, morphine, paying someone to change their diaper and make sure they don't wonder into traffic...).
Children will eventually be useful. Old people rarely are a good source of labor, and won't ever be useful again. You can force children to do chores, but grandpa is going to sit on the couch all day and hog the TV.
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Anonymous2015-03-25 19:41
People need to learn acceptance of death, and end their lives when the time comes, to free the space for those who come after them.
But they won't, because most people are egotistical pieces of shit bent on prolonging their physical life beyond all sense and reason. People are pieces of shit that would rather live their lives in pain, being constantly sick and near-mindless, than care about the younger generations.
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Anonymous2015-03-25 20:06
20 or so years in the future and you've got 3 dead people, 5 old people and 2 adults. Those two adults have to support a government that now has to pay pension to five other people who won't work ever again. But it's ok, immigration will solve this scenario.
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Anonymous2015-03-25 20:23
You're not going to find any princes if you don't get out there and kiss some frogs.
>>11 How is someone supposed to ``project'' about this? Are you fucking retarded? Try not pulling those epic complicated words you learned at the high school debate club in all your conversations and people might start taking you seriously.
Please make your argument before going ``projecting ad-homistrawman fallacy of the just reddit''.
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Anonymous2015-03-25 22:08
>>12 It means you're projecting your retardation all over the board for everyone to see.
>>13 By that logic, everyone on /prog/ is projecting. You could have said "OP is a retard" but you decided to follow the Reddit route and use the latest epic meme.
>>10 Because I'm not and old geezer with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's yet. I don't need to wear diapers. I don't eat medicines all day and I can walk without a stick. Why should I?
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Anonymous2015-03-27 0:30
If I use my erect penis to displace weight from my brittle legs as a I walk, does this count as walking with a stick? Please answer.
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RedCream2015-03-27 2:40
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Anonymous2015-03-27 5:41
nigger
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Anonymous2015-03-27 8:55
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