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 today's world, with the high capacity of living
costs
,
people
tend to pay
taxes
from their salaries
while
some
group
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of
people
assume paying high
taxes
is a disadvantage. I will be discussing both views before it comes to a conclusion. On one hand, in a moderate world, living systems have been affected highly by
people
. Some
people
argue that splitting an enormous
number of
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proportion of their salary to the
government
to
use
urgent public services including roads, schools and public transportation is worth it. To illustrate, some
people
do not
use
private vehicles
due to
the high
number
of living
costs
and using their own transport can add more
costs
to their lifetime.
Moreover
, most
people
get used to
control
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their day-to-day life even more carefully than ever when it comes to money handling
due to
a
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vast
number
of
taxes
they are paying already. As an
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my uncle's son David who is travelling by public transportation is already paying
taxes
to the
government
by actually not knowing it.
Furthermore
, David is paying another category of tax to his school called material
costs
. Not only that
if
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any person who intends to buy anything
such
as clothing, fuel or groceries
are
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more likely to pay
taxes
by GST.
On the other hand
, some
people
argue that paying
taxes
in a huge
number
for the
government
is negative.
For instance
, there are a few
people
who actually pay
taxes
on time to the
government
. Most
of
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the
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people
nowadays need to pay
taxes
with a moderate tax system whether they
use
those features provided by the
government
or not.
For example
, my friend Sonali whose having her own car is paying some amount of
taxes
to the
government
also
named by GST
while
she is fuelling up her fuel tank, and buying groceries but she
also
has to pay for public transport and schools even though she is not using them.
To sum up
and express my opinion, I would say that it is not fair enough for
people
to pay
taxes
as they do not
use
them.
Moreover
, as a fair civilisation, the
government
should arrange a proper tax system for
people
who are only using public systems and features.
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