Governments should spend money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

Aforetime, transportation was a global problem, not only because people had the need to transport themselves to other places, maybe, at work or at school, but

also

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transportation regarding food and drinks in general. For decades, innovations and new technologies have triggered new inventions like

railways

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and

roads

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in order to transport aliments, people or resources. Certainly, those inventions are approached and paid for by the government by means of taxes that citizens pay year after year.

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, a certain number of people consider that the government must spend the money on

railways

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due to

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the benefits and positive impacts that carry on in the city or

country

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.

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, the United Kingdom has connected the

country

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through railway using hundreds of trains and subways.

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, the UK has a small percentage of the annual budget invested in

roads

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.

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, is completely important regarding the boosting of the

country

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.

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, some individuals consider that the government should spend the annual budget on

roads

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instead

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of

railways

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. The main argument is that

roads

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are much more used by the population.

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, in the United

States

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85% of transportation is by means of bus, car or cargo truck, unlike of subway which is used by 10% of the population.

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, according whit the previous example, for the United States is more beneficial to maintain the

roads

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across the

country

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due to

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generating more revenue or profit. In conclusion,

roads

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and

railways

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are truly important for the economy of a

country

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.

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, the politicians must spend the budget maintaining the subways, trains, fourth-generation highways, etc.

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, from my perspective

roads

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outweigh the benefits generated by rail lines, both are good enough, but the highways developed more benefits for the

country

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.