日本副首相称老年人是财政负担 应让他们“赶紧死”
<p>日本副首相兼财政大臣麻生太郎近日表示，老年人应该获准“赶紧死”，好帮助政府减轻医疗财政负担。麻生太郎说：“在你想死的时候却被迫活着，这是上天不允许的。如果知道我所有的治疗费用都由政府承担，我每天醒来时的心情会一天比一天沉重。” 他还把那些无法自己进食的老年人称为“管子人”，并称自己已经写下遗嘱，告诉家人不必让他通过这种方式延长生命，“我要快点死”。后来，他又澄清，称以上全部为个人感受。目前，日本60岁以上的人口占全国人口的四分之一，未来50年，这个比例有望上升到40%。为了应付不断增加的福利支出，尤其是老龄人口福利支出，日本政府决定在未来三年内，将消费税提高至10%。日本政府还计划在4月开始的新年度预算中减少福利支出。</p><p><span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="barely">barely</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="old">old</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="insulted">insulted</span> <span word="tens">tens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="suggesting">suggesting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elderly">elderly</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unnecessary">unnecessary</span> <span word="drain">drain</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="finances">finances</span>.</p><p><span word="Taro">Taro</span> <span word="Aso">Aso</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="finance">finance</span> <span word="minister">minister</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elderly">elderly</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="hurry">hurry</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="die">die</span>" <span word="to">to</span> <span word="relieve">relieve</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="care">care</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Heaven">Heaven</span> <span word="forbid">forbid</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="die">die</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="wake">wake</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="knowing">knowing</span> <span word="that">that</span> [<span word="treatment">treatment</span>] <span word="was">was</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="council">council</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="reforms">reforms</span>. "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="won">won</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="solved">solved</span> <span word="unless">unless</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="let">let</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="hurry">hurry</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="die">die</span>."</p>
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