What they need to keep alfoat is the welfare state pyramid...a project which is unatenable. Pyramids cannot be sustained by new participants any more than one or 1/2 more generation. People know how many kids to have based on economic conditions. I know people unfortunately who have to work two jobs (not for a big screen TV) but for a modest house to live in and to pay the taxes. All the while net govt aid recipients enjoy a life where their own children are mostly paid for by the taxes of others. Sornette (the stock market bubble guy) says that between now (for Japan) and 50 years for other countries, the economy will have to shift to a state where growth is not dependent upon a steady, unending population growth.
People know how many kids to have based on economic conditions. I know people unfortunately who have to work two jobs (not for a big screen TV) but for a modest house to live in and to pay the taxes. All the while net govt aid recipients enjoy a life where their own children are mostly paid for by the taxes of others.
Sornette (the stock market bubble guy) says that between now (for Japan) and 50 years for other countries, the economy will have to shift to a state where growth is not dependent upon a steady, unending population growth.