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Do you think an ageing population is an advantage or a disadvantage? Why?

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Do you think an ageing population is an advantage or a disadvantage? Why?

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Less military forces , therefore the expense of country protection will be more expensive

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As older people do not work but need several services, there will be more workers and resources to support the elderly people. This is a problem because the demand becomes higher than what is available

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An aging population is expensive. The government has to spend money on healthcare, building hospitals, care homes, service for elderly on buses/ trains and pensions. so less money can be spend on education which  will bring the economy forward.

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Elderly people has certain contribution to the economy which seen as 'grey economy',  it mainly in the area of  leisure and healthcare  that demand for specialist housing and services.

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Elderly people can aid their families with  childcare and find satisfaction in providing charitable services. Therefore, elderly people helps to build-up social capital.
This is important because more parents would be able to work more to pay taxes, which would help the elderly population and it would also prevent elderly people from just staying all day at home.

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Proportion of the aging population in Europe, Australia and Canada are still physically and mentally much healthier than their preceding generation and willing to work and contribute to tax revenue.

Nowadays people are still able to work in an old age. They contribute knowledge and experiences, which is useful for the young people. As more people are working, more money is earned. So there are higher taxes which boosts the economy.