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

All over the world, the
elderly
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people
each increase
then
the birth rate
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decline
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.
Although
there are several advantages of in my opinion the elderly
people
each increase creates problems for governments
then
there are
benifits
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benefits
.
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society
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society,
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it can have some disadvantages as well. I would argue that
positive
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sides of
this
can outweigh the negatives.
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the other hand, there are several
benifits
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benefits
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the
children
of advice and young
people
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set the bar. The first merit of it is considered to be that I
helps
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yuong
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young
people
to become citizens.
For instance
, adults can look after young
children
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if the
childrens
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parents have
nesearry
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nearly
work, they can leave it to their elderly grandparents or
grandmathers
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grandmothers
grandmother
. Another positive aspect is thought to be that
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children
of useful
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.
That is
because the old
people
lived long and lived the low
heighs
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heights
height
of life they give proper advice to the
children
and start them on the right path.
One
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the other hand, despite
mentioned
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positives the elderly can live long after retirement. One of the major disadvantages of it is that as the elderly get older, various problems
aris
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in their health causing financial damage to family members.
For example
,
according to
statistics elderly
people
can live for another 30 years after retirement and they can
also
work in lighter jobs and
as a
result
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result,
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there is a problem with the lack of jobs for young
people
. In conclusion, the country is getting older than the number of babies and
as a
result
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result,
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the country is suffering from the economic. In my
opinion
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opinion,
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if the elderly are well cared for, they will
benifit
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benefit
the society and the state.
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