China Encourages Couples To Have More Kids

A few days ago, a day before Children’s Day on June 1st, the government announced something that went kind of like this: “We now encourage couples to have more children, with the limit raising to three.” But why, all of a sudden, did they do this?

A few years ago, in about 2015, the rules were the opposite, with the One-child Policy in place. Parents shouldn’t have more than one child. That was in response to the rapid growth rate of China’s population. But then, the birth rate started to drop, and the government decided to end that program. Not long after, they accepted the Two-child Policy. It seems like governments like policies! However, that was to no appeal. The whole world’s birth rate was falling! That certainly wasn’t good because, for every person who passed away, at least one or more should be born. Or else the population would drop.

So that’s why the government decided to accept the three-child policy. But according to Tigger, it still might not work. “Before, the two children policy didn’t work. You could raise the limit to 15, 50, or 500, but it still wouldn’t work, or, at least, on its own. That’s because for couples to give birth to three children, they’ll have to have two children first. And why should the people who decided not to have two children decide to have children now? Sure, they can grow up, become adults and help society. But to most people, it’s too much a waste of time and effort to feed and educate them. Why not enjoy a rich, happy, comfortable life?”

“And then there’s this loop, which makes people do the opposite of what the government encourages, to have more kids. You see, most work almost all day, every day, so they have no time to look after their kids. And kindergartens accept kids over three. So who looks after them in those three years? They could hire a nanny for three years. Or, the parents have to look after the kids themselves. That means they can’t go to work and earn the money they need to support their families. That ultimately leads to the logical decision of not having any children in the first place, let alone three! But don’t worry, because there’s always a solution! In the One-child Policy, any parents who had more than one child would get fined an amount of money, depending on the income in that area. So now that we’re with a three-child policy, we could do the exact opposite thing, with people getting fined if they don’t have at least one or two children. That means most would have kids. And the birth rate, together with the population, would surge. But what if parents only have one or two children? You could encourage them to have kids by rewarding people money for every extra child born. This way, people wouldn’t need to go to work and can stay home with their kids. And then, when those kids grow up, they can look after the elderly! That’s more logically reasonable, and in truth, some other countries are already doing just that! Maybe the Chinese government should consider doing so as well.”

So do you agree with this opinion from Tigger? Some might be thinking: I can use robots to look after me when I’m old. But hear it from another perspective, and you could change your mind.

Assume that AI technology has already gotten made. In reality, it’s also near since companies are rushing to develop. Yes, when you’re alive, they are under your control, but what happens when you die? They are AI and will control everything that you owned, which would be horrifying. And since no one’s having any kids, all relying on robots, then in time, everyone’s possessions would be owned by robots! An Ultron world for real! So that shouldn’t be an option.

What do you think now, reader? Whatever it is, you should express it to the public, along with other opinions. And maybe, just maybe, your ideas will get heard by the Chinese government, and hopefully, they could change their policies to make the population of China surge again. A country’s not a country if it doesn’t have people! That’s the end of this production from the New News Newsminute. Thank you, and tune in next time for more.