Message from @plasticsword
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Honestly I can't understand it. My girlfriend is from one of the most declining regions and there are a ton of children everywhere and all her same age friends have kids
But obv. I just know a tiny part of the population, Taiwanese always appeared very family oriented to me
Maybe it was just extreme in past
I mean there are >20 mio people on that tiny island
But that's all pure speculation
EU countries "compensate" that with immigration
Populations stabilizing is only a problem if your social security looks like a ponzi scheme
We have really low birth rate here :(
Mostly because young people are fuckin braindead and are too stupid to find a job so they go to work in a fish factory in the UK or Norway and stay there and start families there
People are sheeps in general
what have you expected
I am planning to leave Croatia because of better conditions of living and better pay
I assume some of those people in china do the same
@johnfrum it's really no problem with social security either in western nations. Maybe more in Asian nations. But many pensions can be cut in half and the pensioner will still live comfortably since his house is paid off and cost of living is low.
I don't know how house ownership works in Japan or Taiwan. But otherwise it wouldn't be a real problem. Just an aging demographic that needs to face reality
There were some scandals about government employees getting extremely high pensions very early but I can't find it anymore
In Taiwan
if you live in big cities in you're fucked
Taiwan's retirement age is lower than most developed countire's retirement age
Workers retire at 61
But there are currently proposals to raise it to 65
Retirement age delay happens also in countries where the population is "increased" by immigration. It's likely that most people around the world that are 20-30 now will have a hard time retiring at today's age standards
On a side note, Taiwan's retirement system is a very good one, compared to the rest of Asia
you do those lottery things that Taiwan has?
like spend a certain amount and you get a lottery ticket
what do you mean? Doesn't lottery exist everywhere?
nah but instead of tax refund/rebate it goes into the government lottery
Ah I see
on every purchase, everywhere, you get a lottery code on your receipt and every few months they draw winning codes
that's done to fight tax evasion. People want those codes so shops have to declare the transaction
That's actually
Really smart
Wow uh
How high are the prizes you can win?
highest I won was 3 $
oh is that what it is
neat
what it was some weirdo tax thing