Fertility Rate is such a useful tool. It can be used by the Government to justify a restoration of the immigration rate. It can be used by mothers to demand payouts for their unborn child, even though they have already *made* the decision to have one. It can be used by the Opposition to cry about the Cost of Living.
We are perhaps one of the most prosperous Island states in the world. That comes at the price of a high inflation rate and a volatile economy. Most newly formed families cannot afford to rely on a single source of income. Inflation will erode their earnings over time, and what is job security these days?
Perhaps that's the ill of a modern society. We're on a canoe, in a mad ride, and the way to survive is to plow ahead.
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