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Tag: finance

Let them hurry up and die

July 27, 2026 Antarctica Journal

Taro Aso, Japanese Finance Minister and former Prime Minister, bemoaning the financial burden that caring for the elderly in their final years places on the country’s budget. Over a quarter of Japan’s 128 million people are above the age of 60—including Aso, who is 72.

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I opened the window of my 29th- floor apartment and yelled, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”
A faint voice from a neighboring building called back, “Oh, yeah? What are you so mad about?”
I was stunned, but touched that someone out there heard me and cared. For the next 15 minutes we had a conversation about my troubles.
It was really what I needed from the universe at that moment.

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