Some people think that government should spend tax payers’ funds on cultural activities such as music or art. Others think this is a waste of money. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Some
people
think that
government
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should spend
tax payers’
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taxpayers’
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funds
on cultural
activities
such
as
music
or art. Others think
this
is a waste of
money
. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Every
people
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person
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in a
country
pays their
tax
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taxes
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to the
government
and some
people
thinks
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think
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that
government
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the government
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should spend
tax
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the
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payers’
funds
on different
activities
such
as
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activities
(
music
) or different
things
like art. But most
of
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the
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people
thinks
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think
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that it is a waste of
money
. I would like to discuss both views
from
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this
essay and give my own opinion.
Firstly
, I can say that spending
funds
on cultural
activities
such
as
music
and arts is
good
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a good
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thing
to
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the cultural industry. Governments should spend
money
on these
activities
to develop as a
country
. Because younger students and
people
will eventually get
in to
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these cultural
activities
such
as
music
and arts. Not only that,
then
this
industry will develop day by day and it is good for
people
like traditional musicians, traditional dancers and many more
people
who
is
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are
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related to cultural
things
. Spending
money
on these
activities
mostly
give
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gives
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benefits to school children too. For
an
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example, nowadays lots of kids
attached
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with
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lots of studies and
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the Internet
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too. Because of these
things
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things,
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we can expect a downfall in cultural
activities
. So if
government
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the government
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spend
funds
and
develop
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develops
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these
things
,
then
student
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students
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also
will
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experience those
things
and they will
also
used to
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be
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involve
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involved
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to
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in
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these
activities
.
On the other hand
, some
people
thinks
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think
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that Spending
tax
payers’
funds
on cultural
activities
is a waste of
money
and they
suspects
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to spend
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spending
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those
funds
which
is
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are
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related to developing the
country
and helping
to
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people
who need
money
. We can see that some countries do not have good public transportation
system
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systems
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in the society. So if
government
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the government
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spend those
tax payers’
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taxpayers’
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funds
on these kinds of
things
will develop the
country
more and
also
it will help
to
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apply
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the
country
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people
too. So it is like killing two birds with
a
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one stone. Not only that, for
an
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example,
government
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the government
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can spend
those
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that money
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money
to
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on
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poor students who need
education
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an education
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well. In
conclusion
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conclusion,
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I can say that governments can spend
those
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money
on cultural
activities
, but after viewing both sides I can say that my opinion is, spending
tax
payers’
money
on education and developing
country
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countries
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is the best thing that
government
should do.
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