There may be 8 billion people on the planet, but
governments around the world still want their
citizens to get it on.

You may have heard that there are close to eight
billion human beings currently residing on planet
earth. Seems like a lot, right? Despite those
numbers, many governments are concerned
about declining birth rates in their home nations.

To encourage the frequency of giggity and
childbirth, governments have come up with
giveaways like tax breaks, bonuses, extra time
off (both to make the baby and to care for it
later), and boxes of baby care supplies. What
else are governments doing to encourage the act
of procreation? Let's take a look!

Do It for Denmark
Denmark's campaign points out that vacation is
a great time for lovemaking in their humorous
video. Part government-sponsored giggity, part
travel agency ad, the pro-sex message is tied in
with a contest to win a three-year-supply of
diapers and a family-friendly vacation. I guess
that's to remind vacationers that a baby will
mean a change in the way they'll vacation from
now on.

Do It for Mother Russia
Russia's declining birth rate is a bummer for
Vladimir Putin. That's why he offered a bonus of
250,000 rubles to women willing to have a
second child. At the current rate of exchange,
that's about $4,000. Even in Russia, I doubt
that's a sufficient amount of money to raise an
entire child. Thanks, Putin!

Do It for Japan
Japan is also concerned about their lack of
babies. One epidemiologist has suggested that if
the birth rate doesn't increase, the Japanese
people could be extinct in 1,000 years. To
combat this, they built Yotaro . Yotaro is a robotic
baby that's so awesome, that they hope it will
encourage people to have real babies. Yotaro is
essentially a balloon that mumbles, breathes,
coughs, and looks kind of like a baby--if babies
were terrifying, freakish, and haunted your
nightmares. Personally, I think I'd rather raise
the robot until it leaves for college.
Japan hasn't stopped there, though. The
Japanese government has launched an online
dating site called "Fukui Marriage-Hunting Café"
which is exactly what it sounds like. The Fukui
prefecture has a lot of what we used to call DINK
households (double income, no kids). The
director of Fukui's "Children and Family's
division" reports that the government will hand
out gifts and money to newlywed couples. The
director stated, "Our goal is first to help people
meet each other and then support them as they
get married and have children." Happy spouse
hunting, Japan!

Do It for Turkey
The Turkish government also thinks cold, hard
cash is the way to inspire more baby making.
They offer 300 lira for a couple's first child, 400
for the second, and 600 for the third—three being
the Turkish government's minimum appropriate
number of children for a family. They also
support women returning to work part-time after
giving birth. In Turkey, this means being paid a
full-time wage despite putting in part-time hours.
Cool, right?

Do It for Singapore
Singapore isn't messing around when it comes to
getting its citizens to mess around. They sponsor
what's called National Night . It is a holiday where
citizens are culturally obligated to make
whoopee. As if a national sex holiday wasn't cool
enough, Singapore's government hooked up with
a certain fresh-making candy to produce a hot
video and song for National Night. Let your
patriotism explode, everyone!

Do It for South Korea
South Korea adopted a similar stance, turning off
the lights in office buildings to encourage
workers to head home and make with the baby
making. On "Family Day" citizens are
encouraged to spend the day with children and
spouses (or your parents, if you're not married
yet). Some South Koreans think Family Day is not
a viable solution to the low birth rate crisis. Many
young couples report not having children
because the cost of raising and educating them
is so high. South Korean businesses are also
encouraged by their government to give men five
days off after the birth of a child, ostensibly to
help with its care. Sure, because after those first
five days, kids pretty much raise themselves,
right?
Time will tell which of these government
initiatives will do the trick. If your government is
willing to shell out fabulous cash and prizes for
making babies, it's probably worth thinking
about. Source: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/94864099/0/alternet~Countries-Campaigns-toGet-
Citizens-to-Have-More-Sex

Where is China and India?

And yet, here . . . in Nigeria, the politicians would offer money to stop these people from giving birth.

It seems in a hundred thousand years, no extinction for naija people.

Nigeria needs to depopulate!

The guy above me should get a new boxer

The dullard should start a campaign tagged 'stop it in the north'.. That's if he is chanced from all his foreign trips

When ajepako dey hungry, ajebutter dey cry of no appetite.

This is front page material. There is more to life than Toke Makinwa and her husby or Cossy's boobs.


Back to the topic, i think it should be applauded. But, lols, those people no like sex ni?

hmm another man food is another man posion.

Niger dey find our he want tay make babies reduce others dey find how dem wan take make babies increase. But death never they reduce

olu77:
Where is China and India?

Were you seriously anticipating to see China on that list?

A country that would do about anything to curtail their birthrate?

olu77:
Where is China and India?

Their men need to be castrated becos the population of both countries constitute 35percent of the world population.