A: Not enough to pay the taxes on the Japanese government debt.
Japan’s wage growth has slowed to levels last seen in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis as companies have taken a hit from the coronavirus pandemic...
Tepid wage growth is seen as a drag on consumption, which makes up the bulk of the economy. This time, economists are keeping an eye on the role that “forced savings,” or money that households have been forced to save due to pandemic-caused restrictions, will play.
Now check out this.
Japanese companies cut spending on plants and equipment for the fourth consecutive quarter in January-March, as the economy struggles to shake off the drag from the coronavirus pandemic.
A slow recovery of firms' propensity to spend is likely to worry policymakers hoping strong domestic demand can help make the country's economic recovery more sustainable.
The answer, according to modern geniuses, is this.
Credited with coining the term "Womenomics,” (Kathy) Matsui published a series of reports over 20 years detailing the economic benefits of empowering women, as Japan’s labor force ages and shrinks. While former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe espoused her ideas, the country fell well short of a goal of having women in 30% of management positions by 2020, the year he stepped down. Japan ranked 120th in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap index for 2021.
Emphasoidal parts mine.
So, to review, consumption makes up the bulk of the economy, domestic demand makes economic recovery sustainable, the Japanese governmental debt is the highest on the planet and Japan's population is declining because Japanese women aren't having babies. They all know this. They all write about it. They all talk about it. This is not a secret anywhere in Japan.
And yet, they talk about the economic benefits of empowering women. I'm all for women doing as they please, but without babies, there won't be any economic benefits to anyone. This is deliberate, cultural blindness. How much longer can they hold out against reality?
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| Just look at all the empowerment! |
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In a fit of self-indulgence, I scanned through the 'Post, looking at my most recent blatherings about Japan. This one hit home.
Like guns for deer, porn is a threat for which we have no evolutionary response developed yet. The male brain is simply overwhelmed by it. It's a drug which is free and available everywhere. Women, not being men, don't have the slightest clue how lethal the stuff is. The figure quoted in the interviews (with Japanese women who can't find a man) over and over was that 60% of all eligible-age men in Japan are herbivores.
60%? That's more like belt-fed machine guns and deer.
This is one more data point supporting KT's Theory of Everything. We conceal reality in order to keep JP II at bay. If we named porn as a significant source of the problem, we'd have to give up porn.
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| BOOM. "I'll just leave this little pamphlet here. You may read it at your leisure ..." |
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A man who thinks he is Napoleon, err, a bald eagle, err, possessed by the spirit of Tutankhamen, err, a woman, yes, that's it, he thinks he's a woman, is concerned about the mental health of America.
I give up.
“I will continue that focus and support policy initiatives to improve Americans’ physical and mental health.” pic.twitter.com/2oiGCKQ3GF
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) June 5, 2021
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