Some people think paying taxes is a big enough contribution to their society, while others think people have more responsibilities as members of society than only paying taxes. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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There is no doubt that paying
taxes
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help
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toward building a nation.
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, some people believe that paying their
taxes
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only is not good enough and we have more duties to our
society
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. I agree with those who argue that we have more responsibilities as
citizens
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. On the one hand, in today’s contemporary
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society
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a big chunk of someone’s
earning
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goes toward
taxes
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, leaving them behind with a small amount of
money
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. Because of
this
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citizens
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often have to tighten their pockets and they are most of the time busy with the procurement of
day to day
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needs. Taking the former into account, it leaves the onus of building infrastructures,
roads
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and roads
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, and creating resources
of
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societies with the government as they are the ones, who receive
such
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a big amount of
money
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collected through
taxes
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.
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, I believe
in addition
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to paying
taxes
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, we have more duties as responsible
citizens
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. People should abide by laws and help those in need.
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, if no one is obeying the law, it will create havoc and disruption
of
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in
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society
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and the government will need to spend more amount of
money
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on maintaining
the
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public order, spending
furthermore
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.
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,
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the government makes programs for all members of a community, sometimes these welfare schemes are not able to reach less fortunate members of
society
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leaving them vulnerable. We can help
such
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members by being altruistic to our fellow countrymen. In conclusion,
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the
money
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contributed through
taxes
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is helpful for a country for a variety of reasons,
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apply
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I believe
citizens
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of any
society
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have more duties
such
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as abiding by the laws and
help
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those in need, making their nation a place full of felicity
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