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Phrase: Raise its head
From time to time, something will raise its head that we cannot ignore, no matter how much we would prefer to do otherwise.
America has Trumpism, and Japan has economic stagnation.
Both are severe problems that have been ignored for too long.
When something raises its head, it becomes a problem or creates a situation that we have to deal with without delay.
Until recently, the status quo was maintained without inconveniencing society.
Now, however, the time has come to deal with them.
You see when something raises its head, it becomes a problem or creates a situation that we have to deal with without delay.
Trumpism is described as authoritarianism or division between different political ideologies centred on Donald Trump.
With Trump’s ideology of authority comes a fundamentalist dogma that goes against the social norms of American society that have existed for hundreds of years.
It creates new problems for society to deal with on top of current challenges with racism and immigration.
Japan has to face a different situation that has been slowly raising its head over the past thirty years – economic stagnation.
Believe it or not, Japan has the lowest overall prices of all Western countries.
Yes, the major cities are expensive, but once you move away from metropolitan areas, the cost of living is quite inexpensive.
When I first came to Japan 20 years ago, I laughed at a sales tax of 3% and the meagre income-tax rates.
As a point of reference, my parents paid a sales tax of 21% and an income tax rate of 40% in Canada 32 years ago.
Sure, you may think low prices are reasonable, but low prices result in another issue raising its head – low wages, and Japan has the lowest salaries in the G7.
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