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wh4tth3huh t1_jedm7f2 wrote

The Japanese Government: Please go get loaded and have sex, we're desperate.

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Garper t1_jefi8na wrote

But also please work 60h weeks and oh hey we're keeping wage growth stagnant so 2 incomes won't support a child. Why is our population plummeting I don't get it...?!

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WendysNumber6 t1_jeg1qct wrote

GOP: "you should work three jobs to survive...hey how come white poor people aren't having kids?...maybe if we ban birth control? That has to be it"

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MrBrutok t1_jedo6js wrote

Get loaded enough to forget the condom and we'll solve yet another issue.

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wh4tth3huh t1_jedp04l wrote

2045: Japanese officials indicted for handing out faulty condoms to drunk party going college students

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penguinopusredux OP t1_jedguz2 wrote

Damn, should have added this competition was run in 2022.

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ecto1g t1_jedjtjw wrote

I'm Doing My Part!

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Johannes_P t1_jedyp05 wrote

And the additional cirrhosis cases will surely cost more than the additional tax income.

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nialltg t1_jee8ldc wrote

Make senses - there’s a ideal amount of drinking a population can do where you can maximise tax revenue before people on average start drinking enough to damage their health and society.

Not sure any country is capable of actually achieving that though…

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VegetableProfessor16 t1_jedkqsw wrote

This will come full circle with happy hours being banned in a decade

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rush_me_pls t1_jeduwlg wrote

Anything but reducing work hours. Cool!

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OriginalPoster2020 t1_jedyp0b wrote

I heard on a podcast that rather than let tourists in (at the time), this scheme would encourage young people to drink more to fill the void of tourists.

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