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发帖数: 6858 | 1 日本高官呼吁老年人”快点死掉”减少国家负担（图）
来源: 纽约唐人 于 2013-09-14 13:12:26 [档案] [博客] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文
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ABC News:Top Japanese Official Urges Elderly to ‘Hurry Up and Die’
Akiko Fujita
By Akiko Fujita
@akikofujita
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and Die
Taro Aso, Japan's newly appointed deputy prime minister and minister for
finance and financial services, speaks during a news conference at the prime
minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 27, 2012. (Kiyoshi Ota/
Bloomberg via Getty Images)
TOKYO – Taro Aso has never been one to hold his tongue. But Japan’s 72
year-old deputy prime minister may have outdone himself with his latest
gaffe.
At a government panel to discuss social security reforms, the former prime
minister called the elderly who are unable to feed themselves “tube people,
” then proceeded to say the elderly should be allowed to “hurry up and die
” to reduce the burden on a country tasked to pay for their medical
expenses.
Adding his personal experience, Aso said he had already written a will,
directing his family to let him “hurry up and die,” refusing end-of-life
care.
“Even if (doctors) said they could keep me alive, it would be unbearable,”
he said. “I would feel guilty, knowing that (treatment) was being paid for
by the government.”
Aso later argued that his comments were misinterpreted. He was speaking
about his personal wishes, not those of all senior citizens.
The issue of elderly care remains a major challenge for Japan, the world’s
fastest aging country. Nearly a quarter of the population is 65 and older,
with that number expected to spike to 40 percent in the next 50 years.
Concerns about financial strains placed on social security and pension
systems are so grave, lawmakers passed an unpopular tax hike bill last
summer, agreeing to double the sales tax to 10 percent over the next three
years.
Aso has a history of verbal blunders. He once compared an opposition party
to the Nazis, and said he wanted Japan to become the kind of country “the
richest Jews would want to live.” In 2008, while still prime minister, Aso
called the elderly a “feeble” group.
“Why should I have to pay taxes for people who just sit around and do
nothing but eat and drink?” he said at the time.
He later apologized for his comments on national TV. | l*****o
发帖数: 9235 | 2 以日本强烈的民族主义情绪，我觉得很多老人都会响应政府号召，从那个老不死的倭王
开始。 | r********n
发帖数: 7441 | 3 日本有个优良传统是选个日子把年老的老人背到山里让其自生自灭 -- 其实都知道是喂
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: 日本高官呼吁老年人”快点死掉”减少国家负担（图）
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: ABC News:Top Japanese Official Urges Elderly to ‘Hurry Up and Die’
: Akiko Fujita
: By Akiko Fujita
: @akikofujita
: Follow on Twitter
: gty taro aso dm 130123 wblog Top Japanese Official Urges Elderly to Hurry Up
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