Government investment in the arts, such as music and theatre, is a waste of money. Governments must invest this money in public services. To what extent do you agree with this statement ?

A large part of

government

revenue comes from income

tax

, so taxpayers expect governments to use

these

denotes a person or thing

this

money

wisely in the necessary places. Recently, debates about whether governments should invest

money

in the arts have raised people's interest, as some people worried that

this

is a waste of

money

and future

tax

rate will increase as governments are more likely to be in budget deficit. In my opinion, a nation's culture can be conveyed and expressed through

arts performance

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arts, performing

arts performing

like theatre and music, so it is worth investing using

tax

revenue. Advocates of

this

believe that arts

is

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are

really important to people's emotional needs. Listening to music or watching the theatre can be both relaxing and educating.

However

, as technology like internet change people's way of life nowadays,

increasingly

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increasing

number of people choose to listen to free music online or watch the film at home

instead

of go to the cinema. So it would be hard for these companies to survive without

government

subsidy. There are,

however

, some disadvantages. Since

government

revenue is limited, the more

goverment

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

government

spend

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spends

on

arts investing

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art, investing

art investing

, the less

government

can spend on public services like medical and education areas.

Moreover

, if governments continue to invest

large amount

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large amounts

of

money

, it will have

budget deficit

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a budget deficit

budget deficits

and governments have to either borrow through issuing

government

bonds or to raise the

tax

rate, both will harm the economy. In conclusion, as long as the

government

invest wisely in arts and leave

sufficient balance

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a sufficient balance

for

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of

public services and infrastructures investment,

arts

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art

investment would be beneficial to the nation's culture and whole society.