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Some people feel that governments should take a large proportion of people' salaries to pay for public services such as roads and schools. Other thinks high taxes are bad. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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Given are two pie charts comparing the percentage of
income
 a university spent on different categories in 2005 and 2015. In summary,
both
 years spend most of their incomes
in
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 teaching and research.
Moreover
, there are two areas with
increase
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an increase
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 in the proportion of
income
 spent while three categories decrease in percentage. Looking at the part that decline in percentage, teaching and research reduces from 53% to 48%, but it
is still account
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still accounts
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 for the majority
for
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of
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 the
income
 spent in
both
 2005 and 2015.
Both
 libraries and accommodation drop by half, libraries spend the least in 2015 with only 5%, while accommodation decreases from 16% to 8% .
On the contrary
, financial support for students ascends from 5% to 8%. Administration and management rises by 10% to 16%, which is the
second
 large category of
income
 spent in 2015.
Furthermore
, maintaining campuses remains the same with 10% in
both
 years.
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