Thursday, September 13, 2012

It's the Demographics, Stupid!

Hubba hubba!

They never had daycare perks like this when my kids were little. Whoooo hooo!

Pretty err....innovative...what's the right word? I don't know..

Err...what an interesting position to take... heh.

But it doesn't appear as though even two hours of pure boink time is enough to cure the demographic mess that ails Europe.

 


Good grief, this is VERY STEYNIAN:

"The nursery workers want to draw attention to the dwindling number of births and to do something about it.
In terms of birth rate, Denmark languishes at 185th out of 221 countries in the world, says the BBC's Malcolm Brabant in Copenhagen."

"If the increasingly older population continues to expand, Denmark will not be able to support pensioners and others dependent on state benefits, he says."

[Ed note: DUH!!!] 

"Ms Nyman said as well as the low birth rate, nurseries were also facing a cut in their funding from local government."

"Without money we can't look after the children well, and if there aren't enough children, there are not enough jobs for our workers."

Let's review, no babies, no support for welfare state, no children, no jobs for daycare workers.

Are they seriously just starting to figure this out now?

Europe is unbreeding itself to death, with one notable exception, note #146. 

And they have a steady stream of immigrants for population replenishment.

More on Denmark here.