The specific amount of the childcare subsidy is now available.

Regardless of the pros and cons, it is good to see this kind of data coming out.

It would be helpful (to me) if you could also disclose the program or spreadsheet that calculates that data.

However, if they disclose it, I can expect math geeks like me to 'start doing things they don't want,' so it's not surprising that the government won't disclose it.

If you want to see the program or the spreadsheet, the government will say, 'You have to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) before you can get involved in government work (national project).

For example, last year, it took me several months to get permission to view a ministry's data.

It wasn't as complicated as I thought, but it was a lot of work.

Aside from that.

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Why is "declining birth rates" bad?

I am willing to have fewer children and a smaller population.

Married or unmarried, it doesn't matter.

The problem is the "speed" of change.

It is meaningful to change "slowly" over an "extended period.

If you are interested, the following is my personal view on the significance of fertility reduction measures from the perspective of national system costs.

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I have come up with a strategy that can be used by (some) as a counter to "childcare subsidies."

"Eliminating the Japanese custom of "New Year's gifts"."

I don't have many relatives, so I don't often give out "New Year's gifts," so I am not eligible, but for those who don't, from now on, you can use this kind of wording to make your "New Year's gift" spending zero yen.

The government has already given you 30,000 to 40,000 yen a year as a New Year's gift through the government. From now on, please get your New Year's gift from there (the government).

And,

The "Children's Bonus is the Japanese government's New Year's gift to children."

They will establish the above.

Electronic money, charged directly to a child's smartphone or school-issued tablet, would be helpful for digital and investment education.

Above all, I believe that the amount of this New Year's gift will allow children to experience firsthand the economic reality of our country.

The administration will then attract children (and their interest), leading to subsequent voter turnout.

The current administration is pursuing policies that "look good" to the elderly, who are the voting base, but this "child bonus" could lead to the possibility that the administration will turn toward the young.

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In any case, the "elimination of the annual allowance" makes the "child care subsidy" program a target of hatred even among children.

We believe it is significant that "anger" is shared in the recognition that "child care subsidy" is "an issue for our entire nation, including children.

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In addition, I would like to state, lest you misunderstand me, that I support the "child care subsidy."

Compared to the cost of a total replacement of our country's systems, this amount of money is (for now) well within the acceptable range.