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.

In terms of

taxes

, many consider that increasing them leads to numerous benefits, mainly public goods,

such

as roads and schools. Others,

however

, believe that they mostly have negative effects on the

economy

. Supporters of high

taxes

argue that the biggest positive thing about them is more funding

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public services. Indeed,

this

allows governments to pay,

for example

, for constructing and renovating roads, which through increasing

effectiveness

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of transportation positively

affect

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the

economy

.

Also

, governments can increase expenditure on

construction

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and operation of schools, colleges and universities. A

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investment in education is likely to positively impact not only the

economy

of a country

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but

also

the culture.

Moreover

, high

taxes

enable more funding

into

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large engineering projects,

such

as dams.

This

is especially the case for power stations based on renewable energy sources,

such

as windmill farms and solar energy farms, mainly because these tend to be not very viable,

thus

requiring financial support from the government.

On the other hand

, opposers of high

taxes

point out a substantial drawback that supporters often overlook - they hurt individuals who are in poverty. Currently, most developed countries,

for

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the United States of America, have

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distribution of

taxes

for people in different financial situations:

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allows the rich to pay a much smaller proportion of their income than the poor. In the long

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this

might cause drastic negative effects on the whole

economy

,

thus

impacting every single person. On balance, despite the fact that currently high

taxes

do have a negative impact, I believe them to be a good thing, because of their indisputable positive effects on the

economy

in the long run, on a condition that their unfairness is eradicated. In conclusion, increased

taxes

affect the

economy

in both a positive and a negative way,

while

discussions on

this

topic still remain controversial.