Come to Italy, we have precarious jobs, low wages, high taxes for the middle and lower class, widespread tax evasion, companies that delocalize like it's hot, high rents, high interest on credit, zero maintenance for our infrastructure, an understaffed public sector (-50% in some cases), rock-bottom transparency on public spending and a predatorial managerial and politic class. What's not to love?

How could anyone, local or immigrant, afford to have 2.1 babies in this place? No shit the population is growing old.

When viewed from an environmental perspective, these falling birth rates are GREAT news. More so in first world countries.

And yet they refuse to receive more refugees from Africa and the Middle East.

It is a country without future, and there is no hope for the situation to improve any time soon. Extremely low wages, no affordable housing, healthcare unavailable and poor access to education/services in general but high taxation. It would be crazy to expect anyone to plan to have a family!

The solution to this is more housing.

Destroy land downtown and put in higher density and more public transport. Put in LVT. Rents and houses will decrease in price. Discretionary income will increase which means taxes can go up but people can actually buy more goods and services. That will grow the job market and the economy and further raise taxes revenue. Then you can also fund things like childcare and paid work leave which will solve the declining birth rate (but I think it should still be below 2 ideally and countries need to deal with that)

There are easy solutions to these problems within the system we have. Nothing extreme needs to be done but they involve governments flexing their muscles and pissing off a few people with money and power (including the people in government making money off this system)

What will actually happen is governments will rather let the whole system collapse in on itself and will increase immigration which will keep house prices high and wages low.

This is an issue all over the Western world, including the US.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

And the effects of the crisis are already being felt, with the ageing of the population causing problems for Italy's healthcare and pension systems.

Addressing the crisis is one of the government’s core policies, and a top priority of the parliament's ruling far-right party, the Brothers of Italy.

The event offered a chance to discuss what is being described as a cross-party national emergency, but a brief interruption by a group of young activists who attacked the government’s anti-abortion measures showed how politically divisive the subject still is.

Gigi De Palo, head of the Foundation for the Birth Rate, insisted the crisis should be treated as apolitical, pointing out that it affects people in many different demographics.

The general director of the Italian National Institute of Statistics, Sabrina Prati, told Euronews the crisis has been "persistent" for many years.

In 2023 alone the government allocated around 1 billion euros for measures aimed at helping women cope with motherhood and work.

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Open the borders and get more population

Pregnancy is unfair for women, it is a difficult period of time, a painful birthing, then you have to spend your money to support it for 18 years minimum, which takes away money from other more enjoyable things like beach vacations and big screen TVs. It is easier to have a cat or dog. The new family unit is to maximize the household income and minimize liabilities, which is: Husband, wife, and dog. The new family unit. Animals can fulfill the maternity experiences of a person. Human population growth is bad for the environment too.