The elderly people in Britain, often go to aged care centers to look after themselves and sometimes the government financially helps them for it. This essay will argue that both the government and the family should pay that fee. This essay will first highlight that tax payment by individuals to the government in their early age is the primary reason that the government should partially pay that fee and to retain the country’s economy the family should pay that fee.
Every individual happily pays taxes to the government with a vision that the government would pay them back when their circumstances require it. The money accumulated due to these taxes is huge and it is the government’s responsibility to partially support them during their old age and hence pay partially their aged care fee. This will keep the individual happily paying taxes imposed by the government and will ultimately help the nation prosper. Finland is a prime example, where individuals pay taxes to the government even though the tax rates in Finland are really high.
Families’ share for their elder’s aged care fee will diminish the sole burden on the government. If the families don’t pay this share, the burden on the government would be enormous in which case the government will not be able to invest in other things, necessary for the development of the nation. The resultant outcome would be a decline in the nation’s economy. Taking the aforementioned example of Finland, families pay a 40% share for their old members’ aged care institute’s fee and consequently there is not much burden on the government regarding that which helps the government to invest in other development areas of the country.
In conclusion, both the government and the families should pay for elder’s aged care fee. By paying a share for this, the government will ultimately grow its economy and the family’s share in this would reduce the burden on the government.