China offers wedding cash to boost birthrate
After
the 500+ project in Poland in order
to encourage people to have children, we now see China of all places trying to
do the same. I was quite surprised with this news as the previous policy of
Chinese government allowed for only one child per family. Now officials have
noticed the dramatic fall in the number of new citizens and so they decided to
have them produced. Hence, all the couples planning a wedding can apply for financial
support in order to pay for such things as: alcohol, cars, flats, bridal
dresses, banquets and honeymoon travels.
In
my opinion it is ridiculous how our life plans get changed by the rulers of
this world. I think that politics shouldn’t interfere in our daily life, not to
mention family plans. I hate how those reforms make me think about people. We
are treated as objects. The intentions might be good but the way they are put
into action is callous.
Sources:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/china-offers-wedding-cash-to-boost-birthrate-slb6r5cgv
It also shows how short-sighted and misguided some policies are. The Chinese government could've foreseen the fact that in a few decades the average age of their population will grow so much that they would have more old people than ever.
OdpowiedzUsuńAnyway, better give money to newlyweds than impose a tax on old people.