Nowadays, the aging population in the society becomes

an obvious phenomenon in many countries. However, I

think it has many drawbacks to the society.

A higher population of older people will increase the

pressure of government. By definition, a higher

percentage of old people means, the population of old

people are much higher than younger people. And most

old people have already retired. Old people have their own

rights to get the social welfare, but the increase in the

population of old people in a society group means that

government has to spend more money to guarantee the

social welfare of old people. Although a suitable population

structure will make this budget reasonable,

an unsuitable population structure will make government

have to take other measures such as the increasing

of taxes and have more pressure.

A higher proportion of older persons will create a

shortage of labor force in a society. By definition, a
shortage of labor force refers that the number of people in
some sectors of a society such as the construction
industry and the manufacturing industry is less than the
number of needs. These industries have age related
thresholds, and the young people can easily to achieve
those requirements. Although old people can also do
those jobs, they are less suitable than young people. 
 In conclusion, although old people have a lot of benefits,
a higher proportion of older people is bad for the labor
marketing and the development. And I think that the
government should take some measures to solve this
problem.