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Re: Population Control

For much of its modern history Paris (and I think most European large
cities) depend(ed) on immigration to maintain their population, or so my
mother told me when I was a child.

bc

B. Esser wrote:

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Brian Whatcott wrote:



On the reverse, one sees tax advantages being put in the way of couples
who opt for more children - was it Singapore, that land of the potent
chewing gum, that instituted such an inducement recently?



The Daily Mainichi reports that the birth rate in Japan was 1.57 in 1990
and has dropped to 1.29 in 2003. The birth rate in Tokyo is 0.99. It is
predicted that the rate will be 1.14 by 2025 if nothing is done.



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