Some people think that paying taxes is enough to contribute to the society. Others argue that being a citizen involves more responsibilities. Discuss, what is your opinion?

Some believe that paying
taxes
is the best way to build a better
society
, other people believe that social responsibilities should involve more than just paying
taxes
. In the remainder of
this
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both points of view will be explored and a logical conclusion will be drawn
at the end
.
Taxes
are the source of resources
of
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the
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governments worldwide and
trough
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through
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this
model many nations
are
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achived
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achieved
good
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quality of life.
Firstly
, some countries have higher duties and their citizens expect that
this
money should be used to improve the conditions of
society
.
For example
, Estonia was a poor country in the 1900s, but the government decided to invest money in education and nowadays
there
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are
improve
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the quality of life of people. Clearly,
playing
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taxes
are
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a successful model that
while
use
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correctly for
goverments
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governments
government
should
be improve
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the
condictions
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conditions
of life.
On the other hand
, certain societies found alternative ways to live within
society
.
To begin
with, some rural communities have used for hundreds of years
sytem
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system
base
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on group
colaboration
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collaboration
.
This
behavior
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is popular
between
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indigenous communities.
For instance
, in Colombian
Amazonia
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the Embera people meet every weekend in order to work together on issues
such
as building a new school or hospital and in
this
way
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every individual can contribute to their
society
. What is more,
this
increase
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the links between members of the community So, community work is an interesting example of how we can contribute to
the
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society
with
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out traditional concept of
taxes
. In conclusion, I
belive
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that paying
taxes
is important to maintain the
infraestructure
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infrastructure
and services of our
society
, but I admit that community work is an interesting alternative.
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Structure your answers in logical paragraphs

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  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • fundamental
  • development
  • public services
  • social contract
  • financially support
  • civic responsibility
  • communal activities
  • engaged in the political process
  • advocating
  • enriches
  • actively participate
  • political process
  • less fortunate
  • environmentally responsible
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