And now for something completely different...

[--Pete]

Hi,

I do. I omitted it to give Pete something to add. :)

Thanks :P

A better bet is to use science to allow the elderly to be healthy and functional longer.

The problem is that we actually need fewer people working, not more.

I believe that Pete's suggestion would be a good start, and good if it would be accepted for all nations.

Clearly a global problem needs a global solution.

I think even establishing the norm of two children per family would be a good start and this could be done simply by limiting the tax break to two children only.

Explain to me why, in an overpopulated world, there exists any tax break for children? Indeed, given the burden that children have become to society, shouldn't there be a tax penalty? And that would be in line with the propaganda. As it stands, a tax break sends the message that having children is good and the state partially subsidizes it. A tax penalty would send the opposite message; we don't need any more people -- if you want them, you pay for them.

Yeah, I know. I like kittens and puppies, too. Trouble is, they grow up and you can't do a thing with them.

--Pete