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in many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. some people say an ageing population creates problems for goverments. other people think there are benefits if society has more elderly people. to what extent do the advantages of having an ageing population outweigh this disadvantages

#countries #people #population #goverments #society
I believe most
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countries
 can curb their population
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diffrent
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different
 age groups and
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the diffrence
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diffrence
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difference
differences
 between
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 of these groups is not
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 much. In a lot of
countries
,
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a life
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life time
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 of
people
 has increased. Some
people
 say an increase
of
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life time
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lifetime
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 creates issues for governments. Other
people
 believe it has some plus points to have
older
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an older
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 community.
This
 essay will explore
an
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 advantages of having elderly
people
 and
a
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the
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 disadvantages of it. I will start by looking at the advantages, as
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 see it, having older
people
 means having wiser
people
.
For example
, in
countries
 with younger
people
,
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the crime
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 rate is considerably higher than
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one
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ones
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 so
crime
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 rate is lower.
In addition
,
goverments
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governments
government
 do not need to provide
a large numbers
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 of police. Turning to the other hand of argument, one of the major
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drawbacks
 is most
of
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people
 who are old cannot work so government has
lack
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a lack
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 of workers. it makes
government
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the government
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 and
people
 decrease their income. Take some
undevelopement
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undeveloped
countries
 as an example, they do not have enough workers so it causes them cannot progress. Another issue is that these communities are never on the moon and
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becuase
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because
people
that
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who
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 are older are less active and
they
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apply
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are not
intrested
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interested
 in participating
recreational
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 activities so
ir
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it
 affects other
people
 in
country
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. All things considered, the growth number of old
people
 occurs
for
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 some
countries
. We and
goverments
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governments
government
 have to weigh up the pros of
this
 phenomenon and the cons of it. Personally,
i
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 believe the
negative
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 in terms of reducing
income
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the income
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 of
people
 and governments eventually outweigh any benefits.
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task response
The essay does not fully address the prompt. It is important to clearly state your stand on whether the advantages of having an aging population outweigh the disadvantages.
coherence cohesion
The essay lacks a clear structure and coherence. The ideas are disconnected and the logical flow is unclear.
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There are several grammatical errors in the essay. Pay attention to subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, and sentence structure.

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