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

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as roads and schools. Others,

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, believe that they mostly have negative effects on the

economy

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. Supporters of high

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argue that the biggest positive thing about them is more funding

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public services. Indeed,

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allows governments to pay,

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, for constructing and renovating roads, which through increasing

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of transportation positively

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the

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.

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, governments can increase expenditure on

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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

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of a country

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the culture.

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, high

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enable more funding

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large engineering projects,

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as dams.

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

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

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requiring financial support from the government.

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, opposers of high

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

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the United States of America, have

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distribution of

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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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might cause drastic negative effects on the whole

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,

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

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

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

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affect the

economy

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in both a positive and a negative way,

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discussions on

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topic still remain controversial.