Governments should focus on solving the immediate problems of today rather than on trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future.

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Governments should focus on solving the immediate problems of today rather than on trying to solve the anticipated problems of the future.

Submitted by aaish on Wed, 06/18/2014 - 16:54

Main purpose of government is to safeguard the citizen from various problems. There could be impending problems and also predicted problems of the future. The government has to determine which is the more threatening problem and then take measures to counteract it. Most of the times though the looming and the anticipated problems are contingent on each other ; solving one can significantly influence the other problem. Hence government should identity the relation between the problems, adjudicate on which is more troublesome and act accordingly.

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Sentence: If no prevantive actions are taken currently, then these problem can pose a serious threat in the near future.Any delay can lead to worsening of the situation.
Error: prevantive Suggestion: preventive

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HI,
Good intro and 1st argument

ending of 2nd Para seems a bit dramatic, but is fine overall

I think in conclusion.."....detrimental effects on the future problems." There is no need to use "problems"

" detrimental effects on the future" will fit better

Overall I think this essay can score more than 5