[TopQuark]

Be fair: the same phenomenon is here in the U.S. since 1970s, and everywhere else in the industrialized world.

[RobbyS]

More than two decades ago, The German novelist Guenther Grass wrote a satire about the disappearance of the German Race because of birth control. It is no joke. The Germans depend on the state to provide for them in their old age, preferring to send their money in the form of high taxes to the government and spending the rest on houses, cars and vacations. By 2050, the few Germans left will depend on the Turks--who still value families-- to maintain their welfare system.