<< Computer technology has brought us convenient and
enjoyable life. It is so effective on our lives that some people might
insist on increasing governmental investment to computer industry.
In fact, the more computer especially personal computer is prevalent, the more
new business are yielded by new millionares who make bountiful benefit by their
enterprises some of which are venture companies. However, as for my
country, I cannot agree with governmental excessive investment to IT indastory,
considering present situation surrounding my country, Japan.
Some people might guess govermental investment will
become a potent stimuli of activating business which they might think, leads to
enhance my country's economy. However, I do not think so. In fact,
Japan has been in serious depression among ten years even during which IT
industry is flourishing. Unemployment rate of middle aged person continues
to rise now. Even if IT business have make some prohit for competent small
number of workers, most of middle aged person cannot be absorbed by the increase
of employment in such industry; middle aged person are usually too inflexible to
acquire to use highly developed computer as their working method.
Moreover in fact in Japan, former prime minister Yoshiro Mori had already
declared that the government whould help to promote IT industry about one years
ago. However. do you think what happened or changed in Japan?
What I want to emphasize is that Japanese government
has already hold variety of problems to tackle. For instance, rising
unemployment rate is very serious one. Before spending vast amount of
money on uncertain new technology, he should reinforce support system for
jobless people. Present procedure is insufficient. They need to be
more trained to gain license or technique for new job. Government should
also support companies to hire such people with money.
There are other problems like aging society.
Popuration in Japan is decreaing gradually and we could not expect to get much
pencion in the future as the number of worker is decreasing.
Government decrease the amount of money to supply people for health
insurance. But it does not solve the problem. If population
decreasing do not stop in the future, we should be more healthy and wealthy
person to live with small governmental support. Elderly people even over
sixty, would have to work. Therefore government shold spend money to
educate people to keep good shape and reform the law for nations to work until
they go to another world.
In this way, the problems Japanese government should
solve are accumulating year by year. I never deny the remarkable benefit
that computer has brought but I think the country cannot afford to make new
investment.
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