回答： immediate problems or today: emergency like nuclear leakage, demonstration and strike which may disable the social machine. anticipated problems of the future: positive fiscal policy in election year for promoting the short-term economy which may attract more voters; energy problems, water shortage, pollution, expenses in national defense

回答： The government has a duty to ensure that its citizens physiological needs are met, and also has a duty to help its citizens meet their emotianl needs as love, and esteem. In addition, the government must ensure that it is fiscally responsible and that all of its activities are carefully monitored and sustainable in the long term both thru employment and population patterns, and thru unanticipated crises. Those duties cannot be catagorized by whether it is long-term or not.

回答： Urgency.When immediate problem comes, we shall always give more priority to deal with that, for letting it be may cause severe and instant consequences. Earthquake: Nuclear leakage: strike and demonstration:

回答： the cost of prevention is always much less than that of salving it after it comes into being. As is happened to many developing countries, the athorities abuse the local natural resources to support the economy, regardless of the negative effects on the environment. The authorities will never pay attention to environmental protection until the environment deteriates so much that has affected their living conditions, and the athorities are always deeply burdened with that. If the governmental policies can take sustainable development into consideration and exploit the resource in a proper extent, the overall cost of resource exploition may be much less. However, if we premeditate everything possible and come up with the correspondent solutions, we are just being too paranoid and undecisive. The global financial condition is so inconstant that great amount of fortune is being produced or eroded in every second. Every investing decision is risky and overmeditation may let go the best investing timing. Scientific resreach is another case of premeditation. It may now cost great amount of money, and people cannot tell what benefit can they get from those equation solving and chemistry reaction and those scientific fund would rather be used for improving the living standard of people. But those scientific researches are the basis of technology. We can't tell the invention of televition of computer from the electronic current, but our life has been radically changed by that current.

回答： As above the solutions to the possible damages. eg. What may happen if the global debts issue continues to deteriate; What can be the alternative energy source of traditional fossil energy;

回答： Government is always the focus of people and whatever policies are made may evoke both positive and negative responses, thus always under great pressure. 结合政府职能和责任。if not--> social discontent and even turmoil.eg. sovereign debts problem in Greece. The abysmal deficit drives government to cut salary and increase the tax of the labor class, which cause the nationwide stride and demonstration, deteriating the economical condition of Greece.