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TOPIC: ISSUE56 - "Governments should focus more on solving the immediate problems of today rather than trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future."
WORDS: 440         TIME: 00:45:00          DATE: 2009-9-7 17:55:56


Should governments emphasize on solving the immediate problems of today rather than the anticipated problems of the future? The statement raises a debate about the ponderance between long-range problems and short-term problems. The speaker claims that it is the immediate issues rather than the long-term problems that should enjoy the priority of being solved. From my personal perspective, However, these two kinds of issues somewhat can be transformed to each other and both of them should be taken seriously and well figured out with our best effort.

Governments, undoubtedly, should take the initiative to deal with the immediate problems, whatever they are unemployment, poverty, juvenile delinquency. If not, people's life will not be guaranteed, and our society will become a disorder, horrible "nestle"-in which people might steal food, or money from others for their fundamental food need; commit crime barbarically. Thus, for our society's elementary health development, these urgent social and political problems definitely deserve politician's full-attention.

However, does our society can go well if the government just emphasize on the imminent problems and neglect the anticipated issues? Imaged that a government did not care about the long-range problem-energy resource, and just explore the existing coal, petroleum, and natural gas, what can be used for energy in several years and what can be left for our human's offspring? Definitely nothing, because we all know that most energy resources are nonrenewable. Consequently, a government should conceive detailed plans about energy exploration and look for other renewable resources instead of the existing one. Another problem involves rainforest. Clear-cutting the world's rainforests can set in motion a chain of animal extinction that threatens the delicate balance upon which all animals-including humans-depend.

The rudimental philosophic theory-quantitative accumulations can cause qualitative changes, discloses us that if the impending problems are not resolved as soon as possible, they may evolve into long-term questions gradually. On the other hand, as for some anticipated problems, such as environmental pollution, global warming, are becoming more and more critical than before owing to our human's abusive exploiture, and some experts even suggest us consider these issues as the imperative task and call for scientists and the responsible person concerned to seek solution to these tough issues. To this extent, a undisputed conclusion that there is no essential differences between short-term and long-term troubles comes out.

Both immediate problem and anticipated issues can leads to a series of more severe consequences if they are not given enough attention. As a result, there is no priority on solving them-when we take measures to overcome the short-term issues; we also need to appropriate proper funds and spend comparative labor power for the anticipated ones.