Posted on 03/18/2006 3:13:31 PM PST by NYer
BERLIN, Germany, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) Germanys birth rate is now the lowest in Europe. Only 8.5 babies were born in Germany last year for every 1,000 residents.
In 1964, 1.36 million babies were born in Germany. In 2005, half as many children were born, at just 680,000the birth rate hasnt been this low since the end of the Second World War, according to the Federal Statistical Office.
The German city of Chemnitz, in former East Germany, has the lowest birth rate in the world, with 6.9 babies born per 1,000 residents.
The tradition in the 1950s, 60s and even the 80s in Germany was that a mother was only a mother and looked after the children, Michael Hüther, who heads up Colognes economics institute, told the Guardian.
We are reaching a critical point, he said to Die Welt newspaper. The number of births now determines what happens in the next decade-and-a-half to two decades. You cant revise it afterwards. The availability of human capital will get worse, and act as a brake on growth.
Efforts to shore up the birth rate have been mainly unsuccessful so far. Germanys family minister Ursula von der Leyen introduced tax breaks last year to help couples that wanted children. Increased nursery places and a new state-funded welfare scheme requiring men to take two months off work for families to qualify were also introduced, but none of the changes have had a significant impact on the rate of birth.
All of Europe is facing the same plummeting birthrate. According to Eurostat, the EUs statistics agency, by 2050 Europes population will have fallen by around 1.5%, or 7 million people. The birth rate in Britain is at 12 births per 1,000 residents. In France the number is 12.7, in the Netherlands 11.9, and in Ireland 15.2.
In Eastern Europe and the Baltic states, birth rates are falling as well. Polands rate is 9.3, Bulgaria is at 9 and Latvia has one of the lowest rates, at 8.8.
I would, but the Ravenous Maw is hungry again :-).
Amen! As Santayana reminds us ... "Those who do not learn from history are forced to repeat it". Each time feminism has reeled her ugly head, society has collapsed. The US is next.
Lower birth rate for Germans.
My neighbor is from Germany and he travels to Germany one or two times a yr. He informs me the tax rate for woking people is out of control. His niece and husband both work to jobs for
support. I said to him, maybe they should lower their life style, his reply, they do not live an expensive life style.
They have a small house and one car, it's the taxation.
If two working people scarcely get by why would they try to have children?
"German birth rate hits bottom."
That is -- not counting the birth rate of Third World immigrants who have swarmed into the German welfare state.
The birth rate among immigrants in Germany is among the highest in the world, even higher than Mexican illegals in America.
Like rabbits and salmon, the weaker and more defenseless a people are, the quicker they multiply
Send out an offer of 5 years tax free for each child and see how fast those Germans start procreating.
Taxes for Average Joe German are above 60 percent.
There is zero reason why the working class should ever expect anything more than a tiny 60 HP car (to share), and a 2 bedroom apartment.
Houses in Germany are outrageously priced.
The post WW II statistics are a bit skewered given the Soviet occupation.
Ich fürchte mich für mein Vaterland. (I fear for my Fatherland.)
What would you rather have in life..
1.Toys for yourself or
2.Save & Sacrifice for your children...
If the answer is #1 you probably don't want to have kids.
I will be happy to lend and hand....... and superior German genes
Their citizens in their 20's are too busy dancing to techno to have children.
easily 70% to 80%.
Maybe closing down the abortion mills would help...
Why can't they use that lovely unemployment benefits that immigrants seem to glom onto?
Get fired, have a baby, and collect unemployment.
Ich fürchte mich für mein Vaterland. (I fear for my Fatherland.)
I don't, western Europe deserves it. (Maybe you should realize the fact that your ancestors came here because they didn't care to be a part of Europe anymore).
Maybe not but it's happening here too...
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