Spring budget - what tax to cut?

[WTFH]

they should abolish the charge completely and remove the 2 child cap - they should be encouraging families of all income levels to have more children especially given the way the demographics is going, there will be no one around to pay state pensions...

The world is overpopulated.
There isn’t enough affordable housing in the UK near where workers can get jobs.

Fathers with more than 2 children should be penalised, and IVF should not be offered on the NHS.

[vetran]

The world is overpopulated.
There isn’t enough affordable housing in the UK near where workers can get jobs.

Fathers with more than 2 children should be penalised, and IVF should not be offered on the NHS.

The Western world read the memo, not so much the rest who continue to have larger families.

[DoctorStrangelove]

I don't disagree with this being an improvement, but they should abolish the charge completely and remove the 2 child cap - they should be encouraging families of all income levels to have more children especially given the way the demographics is going, there will be no one around to pay state pensions...

Hi, Elon How's things going with Twatter? Just askin' like.

[Smartie]

The Western world read the memo, not so much the rest who continue to have larger families.

Rubbish.

The global fertility rate has halved over the past 50 years and continues to decline. Projected to end up below the replacement rate (2.1) in the next 20 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53409521

It's generally a trend associated with less poverty and more stable incomes - thanks capitalism.

South Korea's very low birth rate is now a national emergency https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68402139

[vetran]

Rubbish.

The global fertility rate has halved over the past 50 years and continues to decline. Projected to end up below the replacement rate (2.1) in the next 20 years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53409521

It's generally a trend associated with less poverty and more stable incomes - thanks capitalism.

South Korea's very low birth rate is now a national emergency https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68402139

India in reality is growing slightly less quickly but it is still looking like a few hundred million more in years.

https://datacommons.org/place/countr...pt=Peson&hl=en

Nigeria

https://datacommons.org/place/countr...t=Person&hl=en

A bit of war messes up your assumptions

https://datacommons.org/place/country/PSE

https://datacommons.org/place/country/YEM

yes it may slow to change but its a big tanker to turn.

The other issue is that once everyone gets rich enough they will want the same standard of living as other rich countries. How is the world going to manage that?

[Gibbon]

India in reality is growing slightly less quickly but it is still looking like a few hundred million more in years.

https://datacommons.org/place/countr...pt=Peson&hl=en

Nigeria

https://datacommons.org/place/countr...t=Person&hl=en

A bit of war messes up your assumptions

https://datacommons.org/place/country/PSE

https://datacommons.org/place/country/YEM

yes it may slow to change but its a big tanker to turn.

The other issue is that once everyone gets rich enough they will want the same standard of living as other rich countries. How is the world going to manage that?

War/Plague usually does it.

[WTFH]

The Western world read the memo, not so much the rest who continue to have larger families.

Yes, Rees-Mogg, Johnson, etc are all clear examples of people who have read the memo and decided to ignore it.
But best thing is to do nothing and blame everyone else.

[vetran]

Yes, Rees-Mogg, Johnson, etc are all clear examples of people who have read the memo and decided to ignore it.
But best thing is to do nothing and blame everyone else.

ah whatabboutery so our fertility is below replacement level but it is all JRMs fault that we will need more resources for China, Africa etc.


We need to prepare for the perfectly reasonable requirement as countries get richer they will want a similar standard of living.