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Issue 3
It is more important to allocate money for immediate, existing social problems than to spend it on long term research that might help future generation.
Idealists always wish we were living in a society without social problems such as sereve contagious diseases, irreversible environmental descruction and so on. However, pragmatists find that Utopian is very far from realistic society which is full of immediate and long-term problems. In my point of view, government should not argue which sort of problems need be solved with priority because the two sorts are of equal importance just like the two hands of human being.
Immediate, existing social problems, due to their urgent nature, should be solved as soon as possible. A case in point is the tsunami spreading over Southeast Asia, which caused hundreds of thousands of people out of home, losing their families and having nothing to eat. Under the serious situation, governments made the rescuing proceed in the first time. Billions of money were spent on building tempory houses, providing food and clothes and offering medicial care for the refugees to reduce the death.Thus, when spacious emergency and disaster occured, big amount of moeny should be used to make the stability of society.
(是不是有点把immediate problems限制了死了一点,本来可以有更大的探讨空间的)
While immediate problems have close relation with social stability, long-term research should not be overlooked. Enviornment problems, for example, might not cause serious result right now, but will lead to huge crisis for the future genernation. Beijing, which used to be a place circled with trees, lost its nature protection due to the recent exploraton and deconstruction. (例子是不是有点离题,这里探讨的是solve,楼主好像偏向于过去了,其实,加一句 for the sake of handling the immediate problems楼主觉得知否会好点)So, sandstorm and acid rains often come to Beijing. Sometimes, the air is so much pollated that no stars can be seen in the sky at night. If no means will be taken, I am afraid the tragedy of ancient Babylon will take place again. In order to solve this problem and give residence a clean surrounding, government invest much money to purify the rivers and regrow trees.
Thus, both immediate and long-term problems should be treated carefully. Immediate problems are like the acute illnesses, which should be cured as soon as possible. On the other hand, long-term problems, just as the chronic illnesses which can't cause secrious effect at once, will accumulate minor to deadly crusher. In sum, we should pay the same attention to the two sorts of problems because they will lead to the same influence on the society for both present and future. |
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