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Many believe that the best way to ensure a happier society is to reduce the difference in income earnings between the rich and poor. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Some
people
 assume that reducing the difference in wages between the wealthy and the poor is the best way to establish a happier
society
. Personally, I completely disagree with
this
 statement, and in
this
 essay, I will explain why I believe so. First and foremost, it is my conviction that reducing income differences is almost impossible to accomplish because of humanity's greediness and avarice. I believe that some
people
 will refuse to exchange their comfortable lives with high incomes for moral values and possible happiness in
society
, lowering their standards of living several times.
As a result
,
people
 working for the government or other individuals with power will pretend to have the same salary as ordinary
people
while
 bribes and nepotism will be common among them.
Hence
,
people
 with middle income, seeing
such
 discrimination will become distressed and sad. Second of all, even if it is possible to successfully establish a system of equal earnings it may still make
people
 unhappy. To clarify, in case of real equal pay the job that demands more effort and high skills will be paid almost the same as a job with less mental work required.
Therefore
, there is going to be a loss of motivation among prestigious careers workers
such
 as engineers, IT specialists or doctors, because there will be no point in endeavouring to work hard if a janitor or cashier can get the same salary and can afford a comfortable life.
Thus
,
such
 unfairness can lead to one’s depression and
overall
society
 unhappiness. All things considered, in my opinion reducing the difference in income earnings will not lead to anything resembling happiness.
This
 concept will either not work at all, causing corruption in
society
, or will make
people
 unhappy and unmotivated.
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