Malthus, himself, had joined the surplus generation only nine years before.

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Persons in the 40s, 50s, and 60s will make surplus payment, subsidizing the older generation, on the average of JPY 20, 000, 000.

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So with our budget surplus growing, our economy expanding, our confidence rising, now is the moment for this generation to meet our historic responsibility to the 21st century.

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