“2) Swedes have very few children - the culture is almost as sterile as the people.”
- Definitely not true.
Swedish women give birth to more children than European women at large do. Furthermore, Immigrant women in Muslim areas of Stockholm, fastest growing city in Northern Europe, can’t keep up with middle class Swedes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328696/posts
A word of advice:
Before posting , do your homework.
You wrote:
“- Definitely not true.”
No, Absolutely True: “Swedish and French birth rates may be higher than in much of Europe, but despite their respective systems, both countries still lag behind the holy grail of 2.1 children per woman needed to keep a population stable.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4768644.stm
“Swedish women give birth to more children than European women at large do.”
Doesn’t matter: too little, too late: http://www.thelocal.se/15408/20081103/
“Furthermore, Immigrant women in Muslim areas of Stockholm, fastest growing city in Northern Europe, can’t keep up with middle class Swedes.”
Maybe, maybe not: http://www.thelocal.se/15408/20081103/
“Sweden was one of the first wealthy nations to see births fall below replacement level, where they’ve stayed for four decades except for a brief resurgence in the early nineties. As Sweden’s population has aged—18 percent of Swedes today are over 65 and retired, compared with 14 percent in 1970—the country’s economic performance has languished, with its once-formidable growth rate falling well below the OECD average over the last two decades. Entrepreneurialism—which is highest among workers aged 25 to 34, studies show—has especially suffered: only one of Sweden’s 50 largest companies was created after 1970; the country now has the lowest self-employment rate in the OECD; and the number of entrepreneurs has declined by almost 9 percent since 1995, notes Johan Norberg, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.”
“Levies on the average worker amount to 44 percent of earnings in Norway and 48 percent in Sweden, compared with 29 percent in America. And high taxes put downward pressure on fertility by diminishing the disposable earnings that couples might choose to spend on child rearing. One study of Europe’s plush pension systems, which require payroll taxes of up to 20 percent of earnings in some countries, found that the most expensive plans have probably diminished fertility rates by up to 1.6 children per couple.”
I remember reading a fascinating article a decade or more ago where a Swedish government official expressed his concern that Sweden was going to become the frist country in the world with an overwhelming number of children who have no siblings, no cousins, no nieces, no nephews and no aunts or uncles.
“A word of advice:Before posting , do your homework.”
Already did - years ago. Everything I sais was correct.
Maybe it would help if you did likewise. We all know you love your country, but that doesn’t change the truth.