Stern@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoJapan ‘on verge of no longer functioning’ after birth rate plummets to record new lowwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square367fedilinkarrow-up1797arrow-down120
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minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·9 days agoSupporting the older, non-working, population is expensive. You need enough workers paying in to those systems that support them.
minus-squarechonomaiwokurae@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 days agoYeah, and not only paying in but actually working the labour intensive health/elderly care jobs.
minus-squarepeoplebeproblems@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 days agoSure, but that still sounds like a self-correcting problem.
minus-squarepoopkins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoThat scheme sounds familiar. If you drew a diagram to represent the repayment of investments, does it resemble a geometric shape?
Supporting the older, non-working, population is expensive. You need enough workers paying in to those systems that support them.
Yeah, and not only paying in but actually working the labour intensive health/elderly care jobs.
Sure, but that still sounds like a self-correcting problem.
That scheme sounds familiar. If you drew a diagram to represent the repayment of investments, does it resemble a geometric shape?