Re: Sweating the Birth Rate
- From: John Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:27:25 -0700
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:21:06 -0700, "Meldon_Fens@xxxxxxxxxx"
<meldon_fens@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"....European birthrates of the 1980's, already at record-breaking
lows, fell another 20 percent in the 90's, to about 1.4 children per
woman. The demographer Antonio Golini says such rates are
'unsustainable'....."
"....Never before have birthrates fallen so far, so fast, so low, for
so long all around the world....."
Some european countries are down to 1.2. This is a demographic time
bomb; there won't be enough workers to support the government and the
retirees. Or the army.
John
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