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    China besteuert Kondome und Verhütungsmittel, um die Geburtenrate anzukurbeln

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    5. AGuyWhoBrokeBad on

      1) Birth rates naturally increase when people have a comfortable life with time off, affordable housing and the thought that the future looks bright.

      2) Trying to force the population higher is just kicking the can down the road. It will come down at some point. It will be less painful at 1.4 billion than 2 billion or 4 billion. The more it grows, the worse the crash will be.

    6. phil_the_builder on

      What an odd idea. There are probable a million things a governement could do to help its citizens to raise children. Maternity and paternity leave, free daycare, free education, tax breaks, right to a healthy work life balance, monetary support. But no, lets make contraceptives more expensive.
      I would speculate that the one child policy is still so deeply engrained into chinese society that change might take a few generations if it ever happens.

    8. EmergencyAtTheIKEA on

      Condoms are there to prevent STIs too you know. Economists really need to stop fear mongering so much about birth rates. Some world leaders are crazy and might do something drastic.

    9. TheMoorNextDoor on

      They can’t afford to have children as much of the young adults can’t even find employment.

      They aren’t having sex anyway and if they are I think they’ll take the hit on condom tax.

    11. TheAverageJays on

      How come the media never headlines it as „China 30 year old tax exemption on condoms, contraceptive drugs to be inline with other consumer products“ and but instead always headlines it as China taxes etc…?

    12. Feeling_Bathroom9523 on

      We gonna get penile Covid-20- The STD that makes clap seem fun.

    15. Otherwise-Medium3145 on

      39 more cents for a condom or years of raising a child and all the costs that go with it. They price us out of the ability to raise children then act as if we are just being selfish.

    16. _cdxliv_ on

      It’s a tax exemption that’s ending. Condoms and birth control will be taxed like regular products. China has one of the most liberal abortion policies in the world, they are not counting on unplanned pregnancies to boost population.

    17. moving808s on

      Declining birth rates are simply a natural result of improved life expectancy and reduced infant mortality rates. You can’t reverse it unless you undo both of those and to do so would be universally viewed as a step backwards for the species.

      Less humans is not a problem, we can live in balance with the environment more sustainably with less of us.

      The rise of AI and eventual robots that can do more and more manual labor will make this even better.

      There is of course a fear that with less of us, humans are more prone to extinction due to a catastrophic event. This is made even more risky due to earth being a single point of failure.

      Certain people like Elon probably think about this kind of stuff a lot. For the average person this is probably not even much of a concern.

    18. One_Indication_ on

      This is disgusting…refusing to help people to afford children while punishing them for not having them is vile. It won’t end well for anyone. We’ll end up with a lot of abused, neglected children who will turn into angry and unstable adults.

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