Germany's population decline 'cannot be halted

Expatica ^ | 8 November 2006 | staff

[piasa]

The Germans have forgotten how to do nookie?

Good grief, who wants to get banged by a skinhead.

[Plutarch]

Well, it could.

(1) Abandon socialism. This leads to...
(2) Economic boom.
(3) Then: Large tax deduction for children.

Problem solved! No such thing as can't, it is won't.

[gogogodzilla]

Whadda frigging stupid article.

Germany's population decline cannot be halted? Bullsh@t!

If every fertile woman in German had 4 kids... then their population would boom.

So it is possible to fix this problem.

Therefore it CAN be halted.

(Germans just don't WANT to halt it.)

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

...or that all of Germany's real men were killed in the World Wars, leaving only duds to propogate the race.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

...and they're not German either.

[Wuli]

Sounds like some good real estate should be already starting to become bargains.

[Wuli]

O.K. you get the Wuli chuckle of the day prize; and thanks.

With the good laugh you provided I can now go put some mindless comedy movie in the video machine and fall asleep to it. (No TV allowed since the morning of election day. I can't watch the Dims on TV for a good month after any election they win; the nausea is real and extreme. So, doctor's orders - no TV for awhile). Nite. And thanks again for the chuckle.

[cyborg]

Not national anyway...they're half German.

[Dan Evans]

I think the world is an exciting and interesting place- I'm pretty optimistic about it. But I don't have the time for kids.

I think you hit the nail on the head. I think it has to do a lot with cultural distractions. People who immerse themselves in culture tend not to have time for kids. But people like the Amish who deliberately shun culture have about nine kids per woman.

In America we shouldn't worry about population decline. Even without immigration we have diverse enough population that will fill the spaces left by those who choose extinction. Hutterites, Amish, Mormons and other Christians will make up the difference. In Europe, the Muslims will do the same.

[Zack Nguyen]

By 2050 only half the population will be workforce aged, while 30 per cent will be over 65 and just 15 per cent under 20 years, the report predicts.

That is truly unbelievable. Europe's social security system will be dead and buried long before then.

Longevity is an increasing problem for the EU that seemingly has been solved by immigration.

Indeed. But at what cost to Europe's security and pluralistic culture?

[Kitten Festival]

They dropped themselves into this, they're gonna have to find some new people.

[Cacique]

btt

[mgist]

Your wife has no idea what she is missisng out on. I had everything, and nothing made me happier than having children. My selfishness turned into love. It does have to do with faith. Everything changes.

[Elsie]

If she were to have a kid it would just derail her career.

Boo Hoo!

But it just might give her life meaning!

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[toddlintown]

Fly me over and line me up with a dozen young Fraueleins and I'll do my part to help this terrible situation.

[A. Pole]

Historians have wondered for a long time why the population of ancient Rome collapsed and got replaced by the barbarians.

Now we know.

[Xenalyte]

"The population decline cannot be halted," said Walter Rademacher, the statistics office vice-president.

Cannot or will not?

Seems to me a fairly easy problem to fix, theoretically. More sex = more babies = no population decline.

[sphinx]

"The population decline cannot be halted," said Walter Rademacher, the statistics office vice-president.

Sure it can. The Moslems will show them how.

[.cnI redruM]

Yeah, it was a maalox moment....

[fatez]

There are no guarantees when raising children, but if you raise them with love, respect and discpline, they will eventually come back to the place they started, home.