issue56 高频，互拍，考试倒计时（sally)

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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."

Is it reasonable for the government try to solve the anticipated problems of the  future while the taxpayers of contemporary society are suffering from tough problems? I would like to point that the two issue are not necessarily controversial and certain balance should be maintained by the government in attributing limited resource.

First, it is taxpayer's right to demand that their immediate problems be solved.  Neglection of such problems may directly threaten the stability of the society or even the survival of it. While problems such as starvation, violent crime, unemployment begin to threaten people's life, the government should make every effort to confine that under an acceptable level; if government fails to perform this very responsibility, it simply loses the basic reason of existing. And incompetence or irresponbility of the government in solving such problems may directly lead to unheaval of the society.

Second, the neglect of contemporary people of anticipated problems in the future may eventually cause such problems evolve into immediate or serious problems in the future. Some of the tough problems nowadays society are largely due to misconduct of our foregenerations. One case in point may be the global pollution mainly generated in early process of industrialization. Although we admit that without industrialization, we can not enjoy the boom of material product, the neglect or unwillingness of our foregenerations to take into account the potential danger of pollutions is finally threatening the very surivival of our society. In the same sense, while it is true that some of the anticipated problems in the future are not threatening the daily lives of contemporary people, they may cause problems that can be as tough as what we are facing today. Therefore, selfishness of nowadays people may lead to the miserable life of our future generations. For example, although nowadays people are still able fossil energy source such as coal and petrol, they would probably to be out of use in less than fifty years; what if we give up all our effort to find replaceble fuel for the continual development of human society? Since there have already been fierce conflicts, even wars, among the countries from different corners of the world for the distribution of such resources, we have every reason to believe that irresponsibility  in such field may eventually lead to the survival crises for our future generations.

Third, our effort to tackle some immediate problems of nowadays society may as well contribute to the solvement of anticipated problems. The satisfying of basic needs of contemporary people such as for food, safety, health and material well-being would turn people to concentrate more on their contribution to promote the development in various fields, which may help to solve the anticipated problems of the future.

In sum, I would like to point that the government should maintain a balance of distributing limited public resources in tackling the immediate social problems and anticipated problems of the future. While it is our rights to improve the well-beings of our society, we are never supposed to neglect our responsibility for our future generations.