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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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Johannes_P t1_jedyp05 wrote

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

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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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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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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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