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The best way for a nation to prepare for the future is to invest more resources in its young people?

The best way for a nation to prepare for the future is to invest more resources in its young people. How true do you think about it? What are the best ways to spend these resources?
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Young people are often seen as the leaders of changes in the country. With knowledge, skills, creativity and enthusiasm, they are believed to contribute greatly to the growth... of a nation, and therefore, deserve to be most invested; however, others claim that the fate of nation depends on a variety of factors and the young are part of the entire picture of thriving only. My essay will shed light on how to allocate the investment of country for the effective resources to guarantee the long-term development.

It is first claimed that in some countries where the young population dominates, for example, America, Vietnam and others, the earmarking of a high amount of budget for their education and career development schemes makes sense. It is undeniable that America, after a short time of growth, has stuck to the plan of attracting the high-skilled labor, especially, the younger group from all walks of life, bestowing upon them the high salaries and other privileges, by dint of which it has achieved staggering accomplishments in fields of technology, economics and entertainment. Nevertheless, not all nations are peopled with a majority of the young people. Facts have shown that in such developed nations, particularly, North Eastern ones where the number of the young is relatively modest, and people tend to have a lower birth-rate, it is essential for governments here to distribute their budget significantly for the maintenance of good health care system and welfare for the old, along with their constant improvement in education systems to raise awareness of the young, including the free tertiary education.

Youngsters are, second, cited to be the main work force which adds great value to the country’s work force. It is true that equipped with updated technology, being creative and enthusiastic, they can find it easy to give birth to new ideas to heighten productivity of organizations. That explains why they are normally granted more bonuses, for instance, high salaries and training programs from places where they work while governments are spending a huge amount of budget for their education to make sure that no sooner do they graduate from university than they embark on working effectively. However, the problem is that whether the young can totally make use of redundant resources given by authorities. As a result of being too young and still disoriented about their future, it is inevitable that such expenditure can go wasted and the older groups, say, the middle and senior, feel outcast and reduce their work performance for this inequitable treatment of the government. Japan is a telling example of a nation which is able to obtain sustainable growth with strong emphasis on the step-by-step effort and slow economic bonus for this group in work places; it is said that only after, at least, being adherent to the organization for about 10 years will the young employees stand a chance of being promoted or being given a more important task.

In the final analysis, I strongly believe that all groups of people in the society, whether the old, young and middle age should be equitably addressed for their unique value. While the young tend to be dynamic and creative, the senior are the old hands of the jobs and are able to deal with any unexpected situations with calmness, loyalty and foresight. A group of people that I think government should greatly take into account is female who prove their outstanding and equal value in the modern work places, but still undergo unwanted discrimination. Another suggestion to ensure the effectiveness of their investment is that the close supervision of their outcome of their policy and the understanding of their country’s current context to figure out which group, at a certain stage, will receive the most significant investment.