In the West, an unfavorable ratio of workers-to-retirees can place “uncomfortable burdens on taxpayers.” But in places like Iran, it can destabilize the society and threaten the regime itself.
Actually, I'm quite sure that we are headed for collapse (or holocaust) in the U.S. if we don't reform our systems. Chuck won't live to see it, but it will happen.
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2 posted on
08/13/2007 6:59:20 PM PDT by
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3 posted on
08/13/2007 7:00:14 PM PDT by
Mr. Silverback
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This isn’t their only problem. By 2013, they will become an importer of oil, rather than an exporter. Soon to be a 3rd world, poverty stricken cesspool. This is why they are so belligerant now. Their sun is setting.
4 posted on
08/13/2007 7:09:09 PM PDT by
spyone
To: Mr. Silverback
"Like China, Iran’s plunging birthrate has produced a rapidly aging society. By the middle of this century, a third of all Iranians will be “elderly dependents,” nearly the same ratio as in the West.""I LOVE IT! Soon Iran will be overrun by illegal aliens as is the US and Europe.
8 posted on
08/13/2007 7:41:34 PM PDT by
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11 posted on
08/13/2007 7:50:54 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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But in places like Iran, it can destabilize the society and threaten the regime itself.
and this is a bad thing?
I was shocked to read this...Iran is a muslim country and fewer future islamists would be a gift!
12 posted on
08/13/2007 7:57:26 PM PDT by
ari-freedom
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To: Mr. Silverback
another possible reason for low birth rates in Iran:
14 posted on
08/13/2007 8:34:01 PM PDT by
ari-freedom
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To: Mr. Silverback
In 1985, the average Iranian woman gave birth to 5.6 childrenIs there a copy editor in the house?
To: Mr. Silverback
If only we could get the arabs to do this as well.
16 posted on
08/14/2007 1:38:36 AM PDT by
CzarNicky
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To: Mr. Silverback
There is another side to the demographics. The Persian population is shrinking in relative terms even now and are at or below 50%.
17 posted on
08/14/2007 8:20:32 PM PDT by
rmlew
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