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Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traffic and pollution problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be effective?

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Nowadays, wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few people in many
nations and
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nations, and
 they accumulate more and more wealth. Because of
this
 the deprived sections of the society are becoming poorer and poorer.
This
 essay will discuss some of the problems caused by
this
 and suggest solutions for it. In some countries, much of the economy is controlled by a few large corporate houses and
this
 leads to uneven distribution of wealth. The small-scale
business
entrepreneurs
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entrepreneurs, therefore
therefore
 have to give up their
business
 due to pricing competition that they cannot compete with the large-scale
business
 holders.
For instance
, presently people go to supermarkets and
hyper-markets
Suggestion
hypermarkets
 to purchase the household things because of the low price offered by them.
As a result
, small vendors face a recession and they have to close their businesses. Another cause of
this
 problem is that quality
education
 is beyond the reach of poor people. They have to send their children to state funded schools where they do not
tech
impart skills or knowledge to
teach
 very well. Many of these children eventually drop out of school to find employment. Since they lack
education
, they cannot find a good job or earn a decent salary. Making
education
 and opportunities available to everyone is the best solution to
this
 problem. The governments can support and encourage the small-scale
business
 people by providing special schemes and low interest loans to develop their
business
. Increasing the tax on imported goods in supermarkets and reducing the tax on indigenously made goods help the development of
small scale
Suggestion
the small scale business sector
business
 sector.
In addition
, the government must ensure that quality
education
 is available for free to poor students. To conclude, the gap between the rich and poor should be narrowed by providing free higher
education
 to the deprived class and making loans and subsidies available for their
business
.
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