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The governments should give each citizen a basic income so that they have enough money to live on, even if they are unemployed. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Nowadays a lot of
citizens
 believe that
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 the governments should give them a salary in order to develop their life independently if they are working or not. To that
extent
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 I am totally in agreement due to the following reasons. As we all know, there are a lot of
citizens
 who did not have the same opportunity to study or
furthermore
, to develop their career and in consequence, for them is quite difficult to find a decent job in order to receive a good salary. A monthly salary could help people to rent a flat or an apartment and
moreover
, the number of homeless people will decrease. Another point to consider is the movement of the economy. It means that the more
money
 the
citizens
 have, the fastest the economy will move. More specifically, if a huge percentage of
citizens
 have the possibility to spend their
money
 the economic situation will be improved.
Besides
, is remarkable the improvements that could have in the health area, it means that people with
money
 to spend in pharmacy, will not collapse hospitals and GPs and in consequence, they will not consume public resources. It could be a good way to give
this
money
 to governments back. To resume my opinion, I believe that a monthly income to
citizens
 independently if they have a job or not could lead a lot of benefits to them and at the same time, to the society. Since politicians win the elections they have a compromise with their
citizens
 because their salaries come from
citizens
 and
is
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 their responsibility to take care
on
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 them.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • basic income
  • financial security
  • unemployed
  • poverty
  • support
  • discourage
  • economic growth
  • taxes
  • budgetary strain
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