To live a longer life has been a dream for countless years. However, if this dream becomes a reality the government could face many problems in providing basic services. This essay will look at this problem and suggest how governments can manage a much larger population of older people in the future.
The reality of people living longer is already with us in countries such as Japan. The Japanese live longer than any race on earth and already this is causing problems because it usually is left to the government to support older people after they retire from work. If people lived for one hundred and fifty years it would place great pressure on taxpayers. Also, in health and education services, governments would be forced to spend large amounts on hospitals and education services for the elderly.
However, practical solutions to these problems could be found. Governments could increase the retirement age and encourage people to stay at work longer. This would mean that people contribute tax for a longer period of time and would make older people feel they are still contributing to society. Governments could build more specialist hospitals that only deal with older people and pay for higher education institutions that specialize in subjects that would interest older people.
In conclusion, there are a number of steps that governments could take to manage a much larger older population, especially in the areas of welfare, health and education. Governments have an important responsibility to keep people healthy and occupied throughout their whole lives – even if they live for one hundred and fifty years. 
To  
live
 a  
longer
 life has been a dream for countless years.  
However
, if this dream becomes a reality the  
government
 could face  
many
  problems
 in providing basic services. This essay will look at this  
problem
 and suggest how  
governments
 can manage a much larger population of  
older
  people
 in the future.
The reality of  
people
 living  
longer
 is already with us in countries such as Japan. The Japanese  
live
  longer
 than any race on earth and already this is causing  
problems
  because
 it  
usually is
  left
 to the  
government
 to support  
older
  people
 after they retire from work. If  
people
  lived
 for one hundred and fifty years it would place great pressure on taxpayers.  
Also
, in health and  
education
 services,  
governments
 would  
be forced
 to spend large amounts on hospitals and  
education
 services for the elderly. 
However
, practical solutions to these  
problems
 could  
be found
.  
Governments
 could increase the retirement age and encourage  
people
 to stay at work  
longer
. This would mean that  
people
 contribute tax for a  
longer
 period of time and would  
make
  older
  people
 feel they are  
still
 contributing to society.  
Governments
 could build more specialist hospitals that  
only
 deal with  
older
  people
 and pay for higher  
education
 institutions that specialize in subjects that would interest  
older
  people
. 
In conclusion
, there are a number of steps that  
governments
 could take to manage a much larger  
older
 population,  
especially
 in the areas of welfare, health and  
education
.  
Governments
 have an  
important
 responsibility to  
keep
  people
 healthy and occupied throughout their whole  
lives
  –
 even if they  
live
 for one hundred and fifty years.