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Some governments spend a lot of public money training individuals to be successful in international sporting events. Some people believe that this money should be spent on things that will benefit the general public instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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In our diverse world, there are different types of Governments, some pay more heed towards
welfare
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the welfare
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 of their citizens by internal growth whereas some give importance to building
Image
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 of themselves globally as a strong nation through participating in international sporting events. It's all about their
leaders
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leader's
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 vision and their people's priorities, so the ones who want internal growth spend money in developing
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the infrastructure
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 of the
country
 or improving their healthcare and education system,
usually
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 these are the under-developed or developing
nations
.
on the other
hand
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 are the developed
nations
 who have peaked in other internal matters and are in the race for being
global
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a global
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leader
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. I think a
country
 should
first
 improve
it's
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 internal matters
such
 as healthcare, education, etc. before venturing into international sporting events competing with the developed
nations
 but if they do
this
 they have an opportunity loss of not training someone who is naturally gifted and can excel for them in a sport on
international
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an international
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 sporting level. If
people
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the people
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 of the
country
 are internally stable and satisfied
first
 there will not be any opponents who question
about
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government spending on sports. India
for instance
 is a developing
country
who
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 is far more populated and economically weak than the other developed
nations
 but wants to compete in the Olympics for which they have to heavily invest public money in training and they are criticized by the opposition, questioning their funding on sports when half the nation is below
poverty
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the poverty
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 line and have not been fed a proper meal.
Hence
,
its
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it's
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 better to spend public money for the benefit of
general
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the general
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 public
first
.
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