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Some people feel that governments should take a large proportion of pople'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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A large number of citizens think that government should get a wide part of
population's
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 wages to pay for essential public services
such
 as streets and educational institutions
while
 others believe that taxes are an unpleasant thing. In
this
essay
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 I will focus on two sides that are provided in the topic.
Firstly
, some
people
 share the opinion that it is important for the state
use
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 a large part of
people
's salary to invest in development and improvement of the living conditions of humans.
For example
, the allocated money can be used to upgrade infrastructure by repairing roads
railway
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railways
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 and aeronautical networks,
equipping
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and equipping
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 schools and hospitals with high-quality materials and equipment that will support a
favorable
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favourable
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 environment for progress and
safe
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the safe
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 life of residents.
On the other hand
, taxes can be burdens for others, because it is difficult for
to
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them to
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 pay them.
For example
, a considerable number of
people
 in our country have low or average salaries and
unfortunately
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 the prices are high.
As a consequence
, some citizens live modestly. In
such
conditions
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people
 tend to refuse
buying
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to buy
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 many
thing
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things
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 as
high quality
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high-quality
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 food or clothes.
Therefore
, the number of diseases among the inhabitants increases and the life expectancy decreases. In conclusion, there are advantages and disadvantages
of
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to
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 paying taxes and I think that both need to be analyzed and taken seriously. Personally, I consider that cities,
countries
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and countries
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 need money to develop, but is essential to take
in
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into
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 count
general
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the general
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 income of the population, so everyone will be able to pay
them
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for them
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.
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