Oooh! Get you!
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Yes it seems to have accelerated you are right. The government forecast was way off ! Now they are seriously behind the curve on this.
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And permanent tax free status if you have three dependents and an honorary title (e.g., The Generalissimo of Lewd)
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Obviously itâs not just about birth rates/death rates (although it is). Itâs about an entire generation of income generators being considerably lower than income consumers. That will bite Taiwan in the arse within a decade.
They must know this, but donât seem to care.
EDIT: I made those terms up, btw. But I know you understand.
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True that!
I didnât say it because most people wouldnât know Richmond.
Years I was playing Trivial Pursuit, and the question was âWhat is the biggest Hindi-speaking city in the world?â I answered (jokingly) âSurreyâ- as everybody else was Albertan, nobody got the reference and nobody laughed. another game, also with Albertans (I was working out of Calgary at the time), same question, but this time I replied âSouth Vancouver"and got a big laugh.
(Serious answer I gave was âBombayâ. but I forgot they speak Marathi there- correct answer is 'New Delhiâ.)
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Hey, I qualify! Doing my bit.
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Good point. They donât seem to care.
Itâs the problem with even medium term planning. If the policy makers have their kids ensconced in, say, Canada then they arenât making plans for everyone.
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As far as I can tell, the current game plan seems to be to bring in as many migrant workers from SE Asia as needed to fulfill manufacturing / construction / domestic labour workâand somehow expect that the taxes these workers pay will keep the whole system going.
Weâll see how this game plan works once the number of actual citizens approaches zero.
/sarcasm off
Guy
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Sounds like the start of a Revolution â tax the peasants who have/make little to no money while the wealthy pay nothing in taxes and expect the peasant taxes to pay for their extravagant lifestylesâŚ
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In this case, you also donât need to pay for the âpeasantsââ educations or retirements.
Why didnât we think of this sooner?
/sarcasm off
Guy
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People respond to their environment.
If their responses are positive they are seeing positive things in that environment
If their responses are negative they are seeing negative things in that environment.
The children are not breeding because they are experiencing negative things.
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Excellent! Kudos to the Taiwanese government for taking this step in alleviating the effects of the ĺ°ĺĺ.
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Even if people want to settle down how are the majority of the population going to afford a house? Completely over inflated prices for the average joe. People also live coddled with parents for too long, they grow up as manchildren and womenchildren. Whatâs the motivation to leave? Itâs really amazing nothing is being done about it.
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Seems to be the trend worldwide,at least in wealthier societies.
I remember the flak I took because I would leave my five and six-year-olds alone for short periods of time occasionally, but kids need that independent, adult-free time.
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Indeed but it is worse in taiwan due to the bias towards investing in property inflating the prices and the low wages. At the end of the day people still need a house to live in, if thatâs a hurdle then starting a family will naturally be delayed.
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Easy to rent cheaply though.
Yes you are right, just get a one bedroom taofang to start a family in! taking the baby out for every meal!
You can get 4 bedroom places under 20K/mo.
Not in taipei. 20k isnât cheap either, people would rather buy than rent 20k.