Japan's current problems can be solved by taking a fucking holiday. Seriously. In Japan, most full-time employees receive more than two weeks of paid holidays. Most of these paid holidays, however, go unused. The reason? Because workers are such pussies that they can't work up the testicular fortitude to ask for a day off. They are entitled to the days off but would rather exhaust their bodies and minds for the rest of their lives, than simply grow a pair of balls.
Japan's economy is shit right now. People simply do not have enough opportunities to go out and spend money because they are constantly working. When they have time off, workers usually change their tampons, have a nap, and get ready for going back to work. If workers took a few days off, they could collectively save Japan from the pool of shit it is falling into. Seriously, there are 65 million workers in Japan. If everyone had the balls to take 5 days off, spending an average of 10000 yen a day for their vacation, the National GDP would increase by 16 250 000 000 000 yen ($211 billion). That amounts to almost a 3.8 percent increase in nominal GDP.
In addition, deflation has threatened Japan for years, and the central bank has done all it can to eliminate it. They are caught in the zero-interest trap (they have lowered the interest rate almost to zero but it still isn't enough to encourage spending), and the only way out is to take some fucking days off. This increased spending would act as a parachute for falling consumer prices, and could potentially eliminate deflation altogether. In essence, taking a fucking holiday could end this two-decade-long recession.
Some pussies might disregard everything I have said and counter with the "but it's a cultural thing." Fuck off. Lacking balls is not cultural. Even if that's what you believe, there's no reason why the government could not simply create new legislation, stipulating a minimum number of paid holidays which you must take. However, it seems unlikely that 65 million spineless pussies that can't ask their bosses for a day off could muster the collective gonads necessary for asking the government to do something productive.
Jesus Christ...
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