27. Some people believe that the government should financially support retired people. Others feel that those who have retired should pay to support themselves. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

There has long been a heated debate about whether should the
government
aid financially retired people or they should pay for themselves. In my own perspective, I strongly agree with the former view that the retirement benefit should be awarded to people based on their field of service. On the one hand, people, who out of working age, are not enough energy and health status/conditions to earn a living or survive in society if they are in poverty with only minimal range of
pension
scheme
or limited the profession.
For example
, many blue-collar workers in developing countries are unable to find a part-time job or menial tasks due to the reduction of physical and
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.
Therefore
, they need to receive the
government
's support to find out a suitable job so as to keep up with the fast pace of
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odern lifestyle. On the flip side, there
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several people comment that pensioners should self-payment for their basic and casual demands by getting
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mount of money from
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ension,
nevertheless
,
this
thought is not completely true. The fact that the
amount
of
pension
scheme
is inadequate to maintain pensioners’ daily life in some circumstance.
For instance
, the
pension
scheme
of retired labours in Vietnam is quite low, it is only half of
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egional fundament salary. With low-income,
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old
labour
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have
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to
working
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overtime to put the food into their mouth and renting a roof.
Thus
, the
government
should support out-of-work people continually/constantly to remain their daily life with a suitable
amount
of money monthly. To sum up, despite the fact that retired people can
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a small
amount
of money from
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ension
scheme
,
however
, they still need financial
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from the
government
to release from shoulder the heavy burden of
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a living, in the period of time they deserve to retire and enjoy their label of
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ruit.
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