ISSUE56 - “Governments should focus more on solving the immediate problems of today rather than trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future.”
It is true that solving the immediate problems and meeting the exact needs of citizens is an urgent responsibility for governments. However, considering the future life of people, solving the anticipated problems should also be an important task for governors. In my point of view, both of them are of great importance, and it is a necessity for governors to decide how to balance these two.
It is widely agreed that governments should serve to improve the general welfare and solve the immediate problems, such as developing the country’s economy, helping victims suffered from natural catastrophes, and so on. Take the earthquake of Heidi as an example. After the earthquake, the Haiti government put a great emphasis on looking for survivals, building temporary shelters for victims, and saving injuries lives. That should be the priority of Haiti government at that time rather than concerning about other anticipated ones, such as the environmental degradation. If the government does not act on this kind of pressing problems related to people’s livelihood, it will be difficult for citizens to recover from the disasters by themselves and the public may doubt the working ability of the government, or even be angry about them. Therefore, seeking for methods to solve the issues of today is a paramount important obligation for government.
However, considering the anticipated problems of the future is also of equal importance since this kind of problems is possible to affect the well-being of all the species, including mankind. Governments around the world are now placing huge efforts on solving the potential problems, such as the degradation of the depletion of atmospheric ozone, the possible increasing of global warming, and so forth. If these issues evolve as worse as we imagine, more animals will have to face the danger of extinction and the mankind is likely to suffer from more diseases. It is true that these problems will not lay an adverse effect on our lives immediately, while we may have no methods to solve them when the degradation is too much for us to afford, if we keep ignoring the anticipated danger today. Hence, seeking the way to solve the potential problems of the future is also of significant importance for the benefit of offspring.
Frankly speaking, I should commit that the money and energy of any government is limited; therefore it is the governor’s responsibility to properly allocate their resource and make sure all the budgets are used worthily. When it comes to those urgent issues like helping victims who just gone through the natural disaster or financially supporting citizens who live under poverty and starvation, governments are certainly required dealing with these problems. Whilst, at the same time, they should also pay attention to trying to solve the anticipated ones, for which are possible to interfere the future lives of us all. And the effort we make today will help the next generation to obtain the fruit of tomorrow. In my point of view, these two facets are not mutually exclusive, but the point is how to coordinate them wisely and properly. Difficult as it is to find a balance of both two issues, but responsible it is for governments.
From the discussion above, we can easily arrive at the conclusion that solving immediate problems of today and trying to solve anticipated ones are both important for governments. Because one is concerned with the lives of contemporary people, while the other is related to the lives of offspring. And it is the governments’ obligation to find a proper balance for these two issues.
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