When the fertility rate falls below replacement level it creates an inverted population pyramid, which leads to a host of big problems. Economic growth slows and government budgets are strained. Today’s babies are tomorrow’s workers and taxpayers: They're the ones who'll sustain the economy by funding our pensions when we retire, paying …
When the fertility rate falls below replacement level it creates an inverted population pyramid, which leads to a host of big problems. Economic growth slows and government budgets are strained. Today’s babies are tomorrow’s workers and taxpayers: They're the ones who'll sustain the economy by funding our pensions when we retire, paying the taxes that finance Social Security, Medicare, and many other government programs we’ll rely on, and buying the homes and stocks we invested in to build our savings.
Couldn’t agree more. I often wish I was redpilled a decade earlier. My 12 and 9 yo kids are the center of our universe. If we had it to do over, knowing what we do now back in our early 20’s, we’d have at least 3-4. I have few regrets in life, but one of those few I do have is not having more kids........
One of the greatest heartaches for a mom is to lose an only child. I have read about this where a mom for some reason only has one child and then loses them to an accident or illness. It is one of the most important reasons for having more than one child. My wife lost her eldest of 3 some 7 years ago. Her nephew died at christmas and he was an only child to his mom. It hit her brother hard. He is lucky to have two other children but the mother has lost her only baby.
We have four, and I’d be lying if I said part of that decision wasnt to safeguard against ultimate loss. If some awful tragedy struck, we’d hopefully not lose all of them. Or if something happened to both of us parents, at least our kids would still a good-sized family in each other.
"They're the ones who'll sustain the economy by funding our pensions when we retire, paying the taxes that finance Social Security, Medicare, and many other government programs we’ll rely on"
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Another reason not to set up our retirement plans as a giant pyramid scheme.
Social Security is supposed to be a trust account of the money you paid in, plus interest, to be paid back to you when you retire. The reality is it was a scam from day one. The plan allowed collection of benefits at age 65. The statistical age of death when the program began was 63.... Then people began to live longer and the program became a Ponzi scheme to buy votes, and the trust account concept flew out the window, and now here we are...
SS was never a trust account of just money paid in by workers--think of its start--it was immediately paying bennies to folks age eligible who hadn't contributed a dime. And it has been underwater ever since.
The original SS was marketed a trust account. Now whether that was ever actually true or not is a different discussion. As for it initially paying out to people who didn't pay in, it was only those on the right side of the bell curve of death that were able to collect...payment at 65, statistical age of death 63. So originally they had the entire working population "supporting" those only on the right side of the bell curve. A sweet deal indeed for the government as long as the statistical age of death doesn't change or it actually drops. But instead it rose significantly creating immense fiscal problems for the program. Its due to go broke in about a decade now unless a lot of old people start dying off from *whatever*... Did I actually say that?!!?
It was a trust. The problem is that the government has been raiding it for billions and billions, for decades. Another of the lies from our wonderful gov.
There’s no money to take out. What’s left now is Gore’s lockbox with IOU’s for the money that was moved to the general budget. The “I” in IOU is the current taxpayers. The sad thing is Gore knew he was lying about there being money in his lock box.
For the younger folk Gore said there was money in a Social Security lockbox in the 2000 presidential election debates. He was also about the first of many “election deniers” by the current definition (anyone who has questions about election fraud).
Why Gore. He wasn't President. Your going back to Clinton. Bush took the most for his war. Plenty goes in..every year. Sadly it doesn't all go to those who paid in...
Gore was running for president when he said the “lock box” was secure and that he would keep it secure. The pilferage of Social Security began long before 2000. Because the money coming in no longer covers current retirees due to very predictable demographics. We could have used the money that was supposed to be invested.
Yes I know they stole from it prior. It is dispersed to people who did not pay SS. However illegals with a real paycheck pay SS they can never claim. Our Government knows this. The reason they don't go to hard on reputable companies who hire them knowing the SS number is not theirs.
Right. Because Americans aren't compliant to government edicts?
When an economy collapses (or is driven to collapse) the government, with it's Pharaoh-like confiscation of food and goods, will require you to sacrifice something to show your allegiance. In the states it likely will be confiscation of a weapon or turning in someone who has weapons, if you want a days worth of food. It has happened so so many times in history, I can't believe it is so difficult for people to conceive this continual truth.
Guns may be the weapons we think will save us, but it is food that governments always use to enact their tyranny.
A German Jew, being interview in New York city after WWII, was asked how his family escaped the Nazi pogroms and death camps.
His answer is classic.
"In the 1936 there was a large amount of debate about whether the community should leave Germany or stay."
"Many people thought that the persecution would finally abate, that Germany was a civilized nation of artists and intellectuals. Others felt less optimistic."
"So" he finished "The pessimists went to New York and the optimists went to Auschwitz."
I have faith in the American people. I believe they will fight back against any attempt to subdue us. Part of being multi nationalities makes us stronger than any country in the world. Push comes to shove we have always fought back together as one. The far left stupidity is a small percent of the USA. They simply get all of the media coverage. Start now. Start to fight for the USA.
I agree, but it would be wrong to think that, since it is portrayed by too many that democrats were mostly the ones to take the vaccine. Democrats are virtuous in all things public(ity), always quick to show off the left hand to the right, with petulance. Many fearful conservatives took the shot in silent shame.
We live in Scottsdale in the winter. My husband has COPD, age 80. He beaths at 25% We have friends in their 90s, still very active. They all had the Covid vaccine,.1st and 2 boosters. None of them were ill. None have died. They all vote Republican. For the elderly, especially those with health issues, I still think it worked. For younger people something seems to have gone wrong. In Illinois I live in a very Democratic area. North suburb of Chicago. I don't see any real difference. I don't know anyone who has had a negative reaction. My daughter has a high level position with Abbott Labs. She knows many who didn't get the vaccine because they know it takes years to test a vaccine properly. Pfizer told the politicians that. They reason Pfizer wouldn't insure it. Even after years of testing and FDA approval there are areas that can't be predicted such as how one drug will react witj another. The FDA approved the COVID vaccine. They knew it was not properly tested. Often a lab can spend billions formulating and testing a drug that the FDA turns down. Israel first noticed that young people were developing heart issues within 2 to 3 weeks of getting the jab. To me, that is proof. So soon after cannot be ignored. The whole Republicans believe this, Dems that. Is ridiculous. I know pro life Democrats and pro choice Republicans. I'm independent since Dems kicked Bernie under a bus in favour of Hilary. Bernie had a plan for our inner cities.
No one we know took it in silent shame. The elderly were dying in nursing homes in large numbers. We were all glad to get it. I'm totally healthy but for my husband I had to get the jab.
At an unknown level of so-called placebo lots, not having a reaction is meaningless without transparent batch administration and auditing, the data is not in favor of mrna as harmless, let alone helpful.
This latest generation is the laziest I have seen. "Hiring" signs everywhere and few want to work. I know many young, and not so young, who just exist and are content to do so. I'm glad my parents had good work ethic and I paid attention in my youth.
Japan sadly is not doing OK. It's caught by demographics. Some villages have no residents but the elderly who are adamant about not leaving. Services and groceries need to be trucked in. The Japanese refuse immigration but import "guest workers". They are smarter than the EU in those workers are time limited. OTOH, they are a portrait of a society without immigration. China is there as well as is Korea.
Something to be said for living on a collection of islands with a monoethnic, patriachal, highly conservative population dedicated to ancestor worship.
I have always thought of Japan as a high tech version of 1950's America.
When the fertility rate falls below replacement level it creates an inverted population pyramid, which leads to a host of big problems. Economic growth slows and government budgets are strained. Today’s babies are tomorrow’s workers and taxpayers: They're the ones who'll sustain the economy by funding our pensions when we retire, paying the taxes that finance Social Security, Medicare, and many other government programs we’ll rely on, and buying the homes and stocks we invested in to build our savings.
Couldn’t agree more. I often wish I was redpilled a decade earlier. My 12 and 9 yo kids are the center of our universe. If we had it to do over, knowing what we do now back in our early 20’s, we’d have at least 3-4. I have few regrets in life, but one of those few I do have is not having more kids........
One of the greatest heartaches for a mom is to lose an only child. I have read about this where a mom for some reason only has one child and then loses them to an accident or illness. It is one of the most important reasons for having more than one child. My wife lost her eldest of 3 some 7 years ago. Her nephew died at christmas and he was an only child to his mom. It hit her brother hard. He is lucky to have two other children but the mother has lost her only baby.
We have four, and I’d be lying if I said part of that decision wasnt to safeguard against ultimate loss. If some awful tragedy struck, we’d hopefully not lose all of them. Or if something happened to both of us parents, at least our kids would still a good-sized family in each other.
Same here!
Same. That is one of my few regrets. I hope my son has a houseful of kids.
"They're the ones who'll sustain the economy by funding our pensions when we retire, paying the taxes that finance Social Security, Medicare, and many other government programs we’ll rely on"
--------
Another reason not to set up our retirement plans as a giant pyramid scheme.
Social Security is supposed to be a trust account of the money you paid in, plus interest, to be paid back to you when you retire. The reality is it was a scam from day one. The plan allowed collection of benefits at age 65. The statistical age of death when the program began was 63.... Then people began to live longer and the program became a Ponzi scheme to buy votes, and the trust account concept flew out the window, and now here we are...
Thats government in a nutshell.
SS was never a trust account of just money paid in by workers--think of its start--it was immediately paying bennies to folks age eligible who hadn't contributed a dime. And it has been underwater ever since.
The original SS was marketed a trust account. Now whether that was ever actually true or not is a different discussion. As for it initially paying out to people who didn't pay in, it was only those on the right side of the bell curve of death that were able to collect...payment at 65, statistical age of death 63. So originally they had the entire working population "supporting" those only on the right side of the bell curve. A sweet deal indeed for the government as long as the statistical age of death doesn't change or it actually drops. But instead it rose significantly creating immense fiscal problems for the program. Its due to go broke in about a decade now unless a lot of old people start dying off from *whatever*... Did I actually say that?!!?
It was a trust. The problem is that the government has been raiding it for billions and billions, for decades. Another of the lies from our wonderful gov.
Plus last 4 Presidents took large amounts from it. Not sure about Trump or Biden. It is also given to those who didn't pay in.
There’s no money to take out. What’s left now is Gore’s lockbox with IOU’s for the money that was moved to the general budget. The “I” in IOU is the current taxpayers. The sad thing is Gore knew he was lying about there being money in his lock box.
For the younger folk Gore said there was money in a Social Security lockbox in the 2000 presidential election debates. He was also about the first of many “election deniers” by the current definition (anyone who has questions about election fraud).
Why Gore. He wasn't President. Your going back to Clinton. Bush took the most for his war. Plenty goes in..every year. Sadly it doesn't all go to those who paid in...
Gore was running for president when he said the “lock box” was secure and that he would keep it secure. The pilferage of Social Security began long before 2000. Because the money coming in no longer covers current retirees due to very predictable demographics. We could have used the money that was supposed to be invested.
Yes I know they stole from it prior. It is dispersed to people who did not pay SS. However illegals with a real paycheck pay SS they can never claim. Our Government knows this. The reason they don't go to hard on reputable companies who hire them knowing the SS number is not theirs.
What makes you think our gov under the NWO is going to let people live beyond their usefulness?
Americans are the most heavily armed country in the world. Definitely can't take us going door to door.
Right. Because Americans aren't compliant to government edicts?
When an economy collapses (or is driven to collapse) the government, with it's Pharaoh-like confiscation of food and goods, will require you to sacrifice something to show your allegiance. In the states it likely will be confiscation of a weapon or turning in someone who has weapons, if you want a days worth of food. It has happened so so many times in history, I can't believe it is so difficult for people to conceive this continual truth.
Guns may be the weapons we think will save us, but it is food that governments always use to enact their tyranny.
A German Jew, being interview in New York city after WWII, was asked how his family escaped the Nazi pogroms and death camps.
His answer is classic.
"In the 1936 there was a large amount of debate about whether the community should leave Germany or stay."
"Many people thought that the persecution would finally abate, that Germany was a civilized nation of artists and intellectuals. Others felt less optimistic."
"So" he finished "The pessimists went to New York and the optimists went to Auschwitz."
I have faith in the American people. I believe they will fight back against any attempt to subdue us. Part of being multi nationalities makes us stronger than any country in the world. Push comes to shove we have always fought back together as one. The far left stupidity is a small percent of the USA. They simply get all of the media coverage. Start now. Start to fight for the USA.
I agree, but it would be wrong to think that, since it is portrayed by too many that democrats were mostly the ones to take the vaccine. Democrats are virtuous in all things public(ity), always quick to show off the left hand to the right, with petulance. Many fearful conservatives took the shot in silent shame.
I think it's an even mix.
We live in Scottsdale in the winter. My husband has COPD, age 80. He beaths at 25% We have friends in their 90s, still very active. They all had the Covid vaccine,.1st and 2 boosters. None of them were ill. None have died. They all vote Republican. For the elderly, especially those with health issues, I still think it worked. For younger people something seems to have gone wrong. In Illinois I live in a very Democratic area. North suburb of Chicago. I don't see any real difference. I don't know anyone who has had a negative reaction. My daughter has a high level position with Abbott Labs. She knows many who didn't get the vaccine because they know it takes years to test a vaccine properly. Pfizer told the politicians that. They reason Pfizer wouldn't insure it. Even after years of testing and FDA approval there are areas that can't be predicted such as how one drug will react witj another. The FDA approved the COVID vaccine. They knew it was not properly tested. Often a lab can spend billions formulating and testing a drug that the FDA turns down. Israel first noticed that young people were developing heart issues within 2 to 3 weeks of getting the jab. To me, that is proof. So soon after cannot be ignored. The whole Republicans believe this, Dems that. Is ridiculous. I know pro life Democrats and pro choice Republicans. I'm independent since Dems kicked Bernie under a bus in favour of Hilary. Bernie had a plan for our inner cities.
No one we know took it in silent shame. The elderly were dying in nursing homes in large numbers. We were all glad to get it. I'm totally healthy but for my husband I had to get the jab.
At an unknown level of so-called placebo lots, not having a reaction is meaningless without transparent batch administration and auditing, the data is not in favor of mrna as harmless, let alone helpful.
But they can make communicable diseases that are genetically and presumably epigenetically targeted.
This latest generation is the laziest I have seen. "Hiring" signs everywhere and few want to work. I know many young, and not so young, who just exist and are content to do so. I'm glad my parents had good work ethic and I paid attention in my youth.
It makes me feel good about my job prospects! At least I'll show up!
At best you get Japan this century...
Japan doing OK. Rahm Emanuel.was sent by Biden to Japan. He has nothing but positive things to say about Japan. No guns. No mass shootings. Etc. Etc.
Japan sadly is not doing OK. It's caught by demographics. Some villages have no residents but the elderly who are adamant about not leaving. Services and groceries need to be trucked in. The Japanese refuse immigration but import "guest workers". They are smarter than the EU in those workers are time limited. OTOH, they are a portrait of a society without immigration. China is there as well as is Korea.
Something to be said for living on a collection of islands with a monoethnic, patriachal, highly conservative population dedicated to ancestor worship.
I have always thought of Japan as a high tech version of 1950's America.