On February 7th (Wednesday)’s “Good Morning Tera-chan” (Chubu Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Corporation), Wednesday commentator and economic analyst Kohei Morinaga and program personality Naomasa Terashima announcer announced that the child and childcare support grant would be 500 yen per month per person. They exchanged opinions on the news that they will become weaker.
Mr. Morinaga: “This is a de facto “tax increase” because company employees are taxed virtually without exception!”
Prime Minister Kishida spoke at the House of Representatives Budget Committee yesterday regarding the Child and Childcare Support Fund, which is collected along with medical insurance premiums as one of the financial resources to combat the declining birthrate. “The yen will become weaker,” he said. This is the first time the government has mentioned the estimated amount.
Approximately 600 billion yen will be collected in the first year of fiscal 2026, and the scale will be increased in stages thereafter to approximately 1 trillion yen in fiscal 2028.
Naomasa Terashima Analyst: “Prime Minister Kishida has shown the outlook for fiscal 2028.The actual burden will vary depending on the medical insurance you enroll in and your income.What do you think of this “500 yen a month”, Mr. Morinaga? ?”
Kohei Morinaga: “When you hear “500 yen,” some people may think, “Well, it’s not that big of a deal,” because it’s only one coin per month.However, it’s an added burden. , no matter how you think about it.It’s obvious, but if you are a company employee, this support money is usually added to the medical insurance premiums deducted from your salary, so From a person’s point of view, they can’t just say, “No, I won’t pay,” so it’s a “tax increase.” They might say it’s not a tax increase because of accounting issues, legal issues, or something like that. , the name is in the form of “support money”, but in reality it is deducted without any reason to refuse, so I think it is probably a “tax increase”.In the first place, the Kishida administration announced in June of last year In a document called the “Children’s Future Strategy Policy” approved by the Cabinet, it perfectly analyzes that “the declining birthrate is due to the decline in the economic power of young people.”
Terashima: “Proper analysis!”
Morinaga: Yes. The document says, “We will avoid increasing burdens, including a substantial increase in consumption tax.” Despite the fact that the document says, “In some cases, we will issue special government bonds for children.” In the end, what came out was a de facto tax increase in the name of “support money,” which increased the burden.Furthermore, although I prefaced that it was a rough calculation, “just under 500 yen.” Is that true!?” I was thinking, “This is an insurance association that people belong to, and it’s completely different depending on the person.The Federation of Health Insurance Associations, which is mainly made up of large companies.” That’s right, for a small company like ours, the amount will vary depending on various factors such as the health insurance association, which association the employee is a member of, and how old the person is. 500 yen is on the cheap side, and I feel like it’s actually showing the cheap side, and I think it’s the complete opposite of what should be done.”
Terashima: “I’ll take it.”
Morinaga: “That’s right.When I say to myself that we need to increase the economic power of young people, I say, “Then, I’ll increase the burden” (lol).I say “No, are you okay?”That’s why I say it every time. But that’s what I mean by “a different dimension of countermeasures against the declining birthrate.”
Terashima: “If you think about it normally, you might think, “Oh, aren’t you doing the opposite?!”
Morinaga: “Well, in the end, this is proof that in order to do something, we have to collect financial resources from somewhere,” which is the idea of so-called fiscal balance.
Otherwise, I won’t be able to understand you. Because even though you know what you need to do, you end up doing the opposite of what you set out to do. There are two choices: Either it’s really strange, or the idea of fiscal balance has become so ingrained that they’re doing something strange.”
Terashima: “I mean, I want to increase the economic power of young people. But, give me a little!” I don’t understand what that means (lol).
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