In many countries, a small number of people earn extremely high salaries. Some people believe that this is good for the country, but others think that governments should not allow salaries above a certain level. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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A number of people think that's
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should make some kind of threshold for maximum earning per
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. On the other side, some believed completely opposite it.
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, everyone in today's world makes their profit or earning by themself. so it is not ideal to think about someone
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in a specific personal financial situation. If some specific
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takes high salaries
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they pay more tax as compare to low wage earners. The best example is Microsoft CEO Satya Nandale is getting high salary than the common
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pays more taxes that's make rise government income, so
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they spend those taxes on some other developments. On the other side, some narrow mind people completely ignore some benefits and think on the opposite side. If government make some fixed level of income that's demotivating young generation as well as they become lazier toward their works and never gives more interest in the future goals. The best relevant example is New Zealand
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made some salary threshold for government employees like nurses, police now they not able to get more than $60000 per year. Which already
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demotivate their employees and some of them already left that jobs. In conclusion, my view strongly supports
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statement.
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do not have the right to interfere with someone success or financial matters. If a
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earns more money
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make more money than a simple line of understanding.
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have to encourage their citizens to make more money through hard work or smart work.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • incentivize
  • discrepancy
  • inequality
  • social cohesion
  • equitable distribution
  • wealth concentration
  • talent retention
  • global competitiveness
  • social unrest
  • innovate
  • government intervention
  • salary cap
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