In many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. Some people say an ageing population creates problems for governments. Other poeple think there are benefits if society has more elderly people. To what extent do the advantages of having an egeing population outweigh the disadavantages?

People

are now living longer than before in many countries. Some

people

say there are benefits if society has more older

people

. Other

people

think an ageing

population

creates problems for governments. I think the former viewpoint far outweighs the latter. On the one hand, the ageing

population

may create an excessive budget in the

health

sector. Take Indonesia,

for example

, which has a

health

insurance program for citizens. The more ages

people

have, the more

health

budget government spends.

As a result

, some sectors,

such

as education and infrastructure, are important but cannot be maximally funded. More schools, roads, and bridges can probably be built if the government can allocate much more to these sectors.

However

, I think

this

problem can be substituted by the benefit of

knowledge

and

experience

of the ageing

population

,

such

as how an ageing national leader can deliver a great policy.

For instance

, Steve Jobs, a multinational company leader, invented Apple products that produced many benefits in technology for many

people

worldwide.

On the other hand

, more older

people

's enabled

knowledge

and

experience

can be widely accepted as a great benefit for a nation.

For instance

, Mahathir Mohammad, a 97 years old president of Malaysia, led the government by implementing his years of

experience

.

As a result

,

according to

some economic experts, it could solve a problematic problem related to Malaysia's economy,

such

as a high inflation rate, high unemployment, and an ineffective economic program implemented. In comparison, a previous president could not handle these problems because of the lack of

experience

in Malaysia's economic history. I agree with

this

point because many older adults have more

knowledge

and

experience

than younger ones, so they are more capable of tackling important issues. In conclusion,

although

the ageing

population

may cause excessive budgets in the

health

sector, they have more

experience

and

knowledge

they can share as a great benefit to the nation.

Thus

, I believe the upside greatly outweighs the downside.