Some people feel that governments should take a large proportion of people’s salaries to pay for necessary public services such as roads and schools. Others feel that high taxes are a bad thing. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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Some part of the population
think
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that the government should invest a part of the people's
money
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in
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public services, but others
are not agree
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with
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statement. I reckon that it could be a positive and a negative thing. Nowadays, our society needs our investment and help. We can see a lot of problems in different areas
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as the bad quality of the school, medical care system and
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the
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roads, which destroy the whole infrastructure of the city.
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it's a hard job to increase considerably the condition of the hospital, the government should take
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a small
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cuantity
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quantity
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from the population and
to
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invest in public services.
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, in the UK, the government takes a certain percentage of
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from the workers and
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them properly, investing them in the country's needs. In fact,
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prosper
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significantly the wealth of the state. My take on the
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statement, people might disagree with high taxes because
pleny
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plenty
of them are living in a corrupted state, and don'
t
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earn much
money
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to be able to live normally.
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don'
t
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believe that their
money
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will go to the state's needs.
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, if they had earned much more
money
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for a better life, they wouldn'
t
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have rejected that kind of
taxes
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tax
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.
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, I live in a poor country where the level of
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corruption is high.
Meanwhile
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the salaries are too small,
my
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nation can'
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afford
paying
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to pay
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high taxes. In a nutshell, I think it's a good idea to contribute
for
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our country, but we should be well informed
where
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about where
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the
money
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are
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going and for what they were used.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Proportion of salary
  • Necessary public services
  • Economic growth
  • Quality of life
  • Redistributing wealth
  • Discourage
  • Motivation and productivity
  • Favorable tax conditions
  • Infringement on personal freedom
  • Balanced approach
  • Progressive tax system
  • Economic activity
  • Financial growth
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