Topic: In the future, there will be a higher proportion of older people than

young people in many countries. Is it a positive or negative development?

Task
It is claimed that the percentage of the old will be higher than the young in
several nations. This essay is to examine the upsides and downsides of this issue
and then state my own perspective.
On the one hand, there are several positive effects of the proportion of the old
being higher. Firstly, the elderly possess a number of valuable experiences in
work and life. In fact, if these expericences are passed on to next generation by
older people, they will prevent from some challenges in life/may assist the
young in preventing some challenges or unexpected incidents in life more
effectively. Younger famers, for example, are more likely to deal with natural
disasters or climate change thank/thanks to previous generation’s experiences.
Additionally, older people assisst the young in taking care of their offsprings.
Obviously, when parents go to work, grandparents will look after children as
well as teach them many things in life.
On the other hand, some negative effects of this problem ought not to be
underestimated. For one, higher proportion of the elderly is able to/may caused
fianacial burden on government. Specifically, government must provide subsidy
for the old, and they are a burden on medical services as well. For instance,
government/the government must pay pensions to retired teachers/allocate a
huge amount of paying for pension to the retired for the rest of their lives
rather than invest to facilities and infrastructure in order to develop country/,
which can be better utilized for other priorities, including facility and
infrastructure development. Furthermore, this issue may be create a job
competition for young people/may create more intense competition in
employment market for younger generations. In other words, older people
have a plenty of experiences, which leads to youngsters facing to difficuties in
searching for occupations, resulting in unemployed rate being higher and
higher, and citizen’s quality of life is lower./ by accumulating working
experience and skills through many years of working, senior citizens are
superior than the younger ones in landing suitable occupations, thereby
potentially resulting in a higher unemployment rate amongst their
descendants and other serious social issues.
In conclusion, there are some benefits and drawbacks of the percentage of the
young being much more lower than the old. However, I gravitate towards the
assertion that the merits are eclipsed by the demerits.