The early job-hunting generation was those born during the second baby boom. In other words, although there were a large number of people in this generation, the collapse of the bubble economy caused a major reduction in hiring, resulting in many of them being forced into non-regular employment due to the difficulty in finding a job. The government should have provided relief to these people who lost their job opportunities earlier, but it continued to ignore them and neglect them. Only when they were in their late 40s did the government finally take action. It is too late to do anything about it.
It should have been done when they were in their early 30s at the latest. At that time, it was the early 2000s and before the Lehman Brothers collapse, so it would have been a perfect opportunity. However, the government and the employment-related sectors did not make any moves. Instead, they focused only on the young and left them behind. As a result, they could not earn enough to pay taxes and continued to live in poverty. Thus, they entered their 40s, deprived of the opportunity to acquire skills.
When you are in your 40s and 50s, your body becomes rigid and your brain begins to deteriorate. If you were able to build up your skills when you were young, you can still lead a fulfilling life in your 40s and 50s, but many people in the ice age generation who were deprived of even that opportunity are unable to change jobs and are physically and mentally drained. It is only too late to finally reach out to them after they have reached this point.
Around 2030, the generation of people in the “ice age” of employment will reach the age of 60. Then, around 2030, the generation of people in the “ice age” will turn 60, and the number of people applying for public assistance will be flooding the government offices because they will be out of work and will not be able to receive pensions. Even in this situation, the government offices will still tell the nonchalant that they can still work, but who will accept middle-aged and older people who have been physically and mentally overworked and are now in shambles? They are still being abused even though they are mentally and physically weak, and are continually turned away from applications. Besides, more than half of the welfare recipients are elderly people in their 60s or older. This is truly a major social security crisis.
This is not a matter of “thinking” or “feeling” in a naïve and naïve way. It is not too much to assert, but rather too little to say. This is “the fact”, “the reality” and “the truth”. It’s not a matter of good or bad, it’s nothing more than a golden rule that can’t be described in any other way and has absolutely no room for doubt.