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In the future, it is expected that there will be a higher proportion of older people in some countries. Is this positive or negative development?

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There is a strong possibility that in future elderly people comprised a large share of the
population
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 in some countries. Despite some minor upsides,
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 a change I think it has negative consequences. There are some negligible positive aspects of the old
population
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.The most important one is that in these societies a lot of job opportunities are provided for young people .
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Furthermore, in
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 countries the cost of education is lower than in other countries. Take Japan,
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, the number of people over 60 in
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 country is twice the children's
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, which means that governments spend less money on training.
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, the pitfalls derived from the increasing
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 of ag
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aging
eople are huge. The most serious disadvantage of aging is that the income of government decline.To put it simply, retired people do not pay taxes and
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government
ost an important source of revenue. Another considerable minus point for governments to deal with is, providing care for them.Authorities should establish residential and nursing homes for ag
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ages
eople which may cause a lot of pressure on governments. Another reason why
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 change considered negative is that elderly people have special health needs and good he
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health care
hould be available to them, which consumes a large proportion of the country budget that could be used in industry and other fields. To sum up, as we have seen, while there may be some upsides to the increasing percentage of ol
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older
eople
population
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, its overall influence is negative.

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