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Should wealthy people be obliged to share their financial success with poor people by supporting health services and education, or is this the responsibility of the poor to improve their own standard of living?

#people #success #health #services #education #responsibility
I believe that wealthy
people
 should be obliged to share their wealth with poorer
people
. But they should not have to support health services and education only, but other areas if they prefer. First of all, we cannot avoid
people
which
Correct pronoun usage
who
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 are poor. As an example, we see homeless in the train station, at the bus stops and asking us for
money
. Rich
people
 have extra
money
 and
therefore
, they should give some help to
people
 with no housing and
money
.
Secondly
, many
people
 now are not finding jobs or
although
 they are working, they
are
Verb problem
do
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 not
having
Wrong verb form
have
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 enough
money
 to pay for
his
Correct pronoun usage
their
show examples
 houses or flats
especially
Add the comma(s)
, especially
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 in city-living which has a high cost of living now.
For example
,
people
 living in London are working at
low income
Add a hyphen
low-income
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 salaries but the cost of living is so
higher
Correct word choice
high
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in contrast
.
Therefore
, it is difficult for these
people
 to have extra
money
 for extra things.
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