tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687417.post3668434067705409661..comments2023-09-14T16:06:48.510+02:00Comments on Biopolitical: Get worried, have your choiceBiopoliticalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16045874185251304861noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687417.post-89227259123603606932006-10-01T17:35:00.000+02:002006-10-01T17:35:00.000+02:00I wrote an article on this subject not long ago on...I wrote an article on this subject not long ago on Gristmill. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/6/1/183159/5078<br /><br />I agree with Marcelino in that the problem can't be solved by goading citizens into having more babies. I think properly designed and controlled immigration, although not a perfect solution, can go a long way to help mitigate the problem.<br /><br />Here in the states, many of us are responsible for our own retirements. We will get social security, but for many of us it will be a small contribution that we could live without. In theory, the money removed from our paychecks all of these years should have been invested and should have grown enough to see us through, but that is the problem with handing money over to government. Still, a society that is top heavy with non productive citizens has a lot of adjustments to make. I suspect the doom and gloom scenarios will not pan out and trying to reproduce our way out of this problem is comical.<br /><br />I also agree with Jorganes in that a decreasing population in Europe will not be a bad thing and that maintaining or even increasing present immigration rates will be enough. Regulating immigration is one of the functions of government, and it must be regulated for obvious reasons I won't bother to go into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687417.post-17074540690566238172006-09-29T22:47:00.000+02:002006-09-29T22:47:00.000+02:00Sí, yo prefiero la libertad de movimientos de la g...Sí, yo prefiero la libertad de movimientos de la gente. Pero a largo plazo la inmigración no soluciona el problema de las pensiones públicas y la sanidad pública para la gente mayor. La seguridad social es un sistema piramidal que no se soluciona ni con medidas natalistas ni con la inmigración.<br /><br />Yo creo que las personas deberíamos ser individualmente responsables de nuestra jubilación y nuestra atención médica. Cada uno debería decidir cuánto ahorrar, cuánto gastarse en seguros, cuándo jubilarse, y cuánto dinero dar para ayudar a otras personas. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687417.post-26908661805309337562006-09-29T15:48:00.000+02:002006-09-29T15:48:00.000+02:00No creo que la falta de población sea un problema ...No creo que la falta de población sea un problema precisamente, al menos para Europa. Bastaría con permitir el flujo de población que intenta llegar a Europa desde África, Sudamérica y Asia. Supongo que tú que te opones a todo tipo de intervención del gobierno, bien en forma de incentivos bien en forma de penalizaciones, estarás consternado por los problemas que está poniendo la Unión Europea al libre ingreso de inmigrantes.Jorganeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332159203877081331noreply@blogger.com