Chapter 224: Baby Boomer (For Tiannuo W)
Winter is coming, but it's still cold in Romania. At the First National Hospital in Galatz, Butovino is working hard to carry bricks. The sweat on his forehead spoke of his efforts, and his trembling legs spoke of exhaustion.
At this moment the whistle blew for the break, and Butovino put down his work and sat down on the brick, completely oblivious to the impurities and dust on it. There was only one thought in Butovino's mind, no wonder he could get a high salary of 8 lei a day, it was really tiring.
Butovino is able to get such a high salary now, thanks to the Romanian government. Romania's booming economy has led to a boom in industry, and many job postings are posted to the job market every day. Most of the Romanian people are close to factories, service industries, etc., and work easily. Construction workers, who do heavy physical work, are less popular. And now that construction is happening everywhere in Romania, the result of the imbalance between supply and demand is driving up the cost of construction workers.
The influx of war refugees into Romania could have alleviated the situation, but a ban by the government cut off that possibility. This is also the result of the government's efforts to bring economic prosperity to a wider range of Romanians. Therefore, wages on construction sites have risen greater. To a certain extent, this alleviates the problem of difficult labor on the construction site, at the cost of increasing their costs and making the cost of construction higher.
Butovino thought about his wife and children at home while resting, and his exhaustion was relieved to a certain extent. Now he needs to finish today's work to get paid, and his wife and children are still waiting for him.
In fact, the Romanian government has taken note of the changes in the birth rate over the years. In 1905, when Romania's industrialization began, the infant birth rate was 3.83 per cent, the mortality rate was 2.47 per cent, and the natural growth rate was 1.36 per cent. Its natural growth rate is only average in Europe, and the only outstanding ones are the high birth rate and high death rate.
Romania then began to industrialize, and the birth rate increased with it, from 3.83 per cent in 1905 to 4.21 per cent in 1910. The mortality rate fell from 2.47 per cent to 2.38 per cent due to insufficient investment in medical facilities at the time. Don't underestimate this increase and decrease, which is also the result of Romania's annual investment of tens of millions of lei.
Moreover, in this year, Romania became the second highest growth country after Russia in terms of the birth rate. However, compared to the 3.15% mortality rate in Russia, Romania is much better. So in this year, Romania outperformed the rest of Europe with a natural growth rate of 1.83%. Since then, Romania's natural growth rate has hovered between 1.91 and 1.78 per cent.
There is a change in the perception of the individual. In those years, the economic development momentum was good, and many people began to think about it after eating a full meal. There is also the government's push behind the scenes. Newspapers and other media are used to publicize the benefits of having multiple families of children, and through religion to declare to the world that the Lord loves every baby that is born. Moreover, the media and religion strongly condemn the act of abortion, forming a social perception that having more children is beneficial. As a result, the rate of growth of newborn babies has remained high.
However, in the past two years, Romanian newborn babies have once again climbed to new heights. This is due to the explosive growth of the Romanian economy in the past two years, and its high growth rate of about 25% has brought not only economic growth, but also rapid social development. The infant birth rate has reached 5.12% in these two years, the mortality rate has been reduced to 1.87%, and its natural growth rate has reached 3.25%, which can lead to rapid growth of the Romanian population.
However, this unusual growth has also attracted the attention of many sociologists, many of whom are pleased with the rate of growth. Now there is no future generation to worry about the earth's bearing capacity, for this great festival, now European countries are disdainful, they are focused on the national strength of each country, of which the population is an important indicator (otherwise they would not be incredulous to the more than 400 million Chinese at that time), so all countries are encouraging childbearing.
Even some 'conscientious' sociologists of later generations believe that population growth should not be too high. Nor will it be accepted by all sectors of society. Nowadays, the mainstream view in various countries is that a perfect family needs to have multiple children, and in this case, there are more than two.
So when this statistical table of population growth was placed in front of Eder, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. "It's better to be the evil of capitalism."
However, the high growth has also brought some problems, such as the rapid increase in the price of food and supplies for infants and young children in Romania, which has put additional financial pressure on many families. Moreover, the future involves the education of these children in the future and the future work, which are all issues that need to be solved by the government departments. However, these problems are insignificant in the face of the future demographic dividend.
As for the possible overpopulation of Romania in the future, Eder has long been on the table, and he wants to let the Romanian sword get enough space for the Romanian people to survive. As for the sword, it is still being refined, but it will soon surprise the world.
However, the first thing that needs to be addressed now is that the burden on the families of newborn babies must be reduced. For this reason, he once again summoned Prime Minister Brevtianu.
"I've seen Your Majesty."
Prime Minister Bretianu looked at his king with a wary look on his face after saluting. Eder was frustrated by the Prime Minister's wariness of himself, almost a quarter ago, and the Prime Minister was still reeling from the fact that he was pressuring him to accept militia fees, even if he had awarded him a royal medal.
However, it was about the future young adults of Romania in the next big war, so Eder decided to speak up and explain his intentions first.
"This time the Prime Minister has summoned His Excellency for the recent baby boom issue."
"Baby boomer?"
Prime Minister Brevtianu did not react to the new term in the king's mouth.
"It's the two years that Romanian babies have been pouring out like a tide."
Faced with Eder's explanation, Brethianu sensed it, and he asked tentatively. "Your Majesty, do you want to reduce the burden of raising babies on the family?"
"That's right, that's what I wanted."
Eder secretly praised the prime minister for his quick understanding of his own thinking. "Do you have any plans for this?"
Prime Minister Brevianu quickly recalled in his mind the proposal submitted by the government department and spoke. "Our government believes that if we want to reduce the burden on these families, we need to start from two aspects. Among them, the price of baby products on the market is reduced and it returns to normal prices. This requires government departments to guide more companies to pay attention to the market of baby products, which requires more media reports so that enterprises can pay enough attention to this market. ”
"That's good."
Edel complimented.
Prime Minister Brettianu saw Eder's agreement and went on to say another aspect. "We can also provide subsidies to families with multiple children. The standard of the subsidy is 60% of the basic annual cost of a baby. However, subsidies can only be provided to families with three or more children, which would raise the birth rate in Romania to a new level. ”
"So how many years does the government have to subsidize these families?"
Eder asked about the topic that was most important to him, and that it would be a counter-argument to the Romanian economy if it were to overwhelm him.
Prime Minister Bretianu stated the Government's intentions. "At the moment our government thinks that three to four years is a reasonable number, which can guarantee that the baby will get through the dangerous time in the early stage. It will cost no more than 30 million lei a year, and it is estimated that the population will grow even higher. ”
Hearing the Prime Minister's words, Eder nodded. It occurred to him that an institution would be used in Romania in later generations to take care of the families of his parents, workers. "What do you think it would be if the government set up a non-profit organization that exempts parents from taking care of their children?"
Eder's proposal made the prime minister think for a moment. "Is this a great idea to potentially spare parents the time and effort required to take care of their children, like in schools?"
"Yes, but not to teach them to learn, just to let them have fun."
Edel went on to tell what he knew later.
"Your Majesty, this method is feasible."
"Then your government will do that plan."
A few days after Eder and the prime minister discussed, Romanian newspapers began to report on the high prices of baby products, which made many people look forward to investing some money in the market. This has forced manufacturers that have previously earned high profits to lower their prices to deal with first-mover competitors. In the months that followed, the market price of baby products in Romania dropped significantly.
At the same time, the government has promulgated the latest law to encourage childbirth. Under the new law, Romanian families with three or more children can apply for a family grant, but this is only for children under the age of four, including those under the age of four. The Act also stipulates that each family can only receive one family benefit, which is 300 lei per family.
The new bill was a relief for Butovino, albeit not too much, but it also relieved his stress. This bill has also relieved many families who have become a burden because they have too many children. In the first year of the bill, nearly 80,000 families applied for grants. Moreover, the birth rate in Romania has increased to a certain extent after the enactment of the bill. According to government estimates, 150,000 family benefits will be received in five years, which will represent the world where many young people will come to this country because of this bill in the future.
At the same time, there are government-run kindergartens in various Romanian cities, which cater for children from 2 to 6 years old. This also made the two-worker families who were struggling with their children very happy, and soon the kindergartens were filled with children from all kinds of families.
PS: The steamed bun code is finished and I sleep, and my promise to be affectionate has been completed.