Some

people

think

we

should

keep

all

the

money

we

earn

and

not

pay

tax

to

the

state.

To

what

extent

do

you

agree

or

disagree?Somecitizensarguethatindividualsshouldstoppayingtaxestothegovernment.Idonotthinkthisispracticalorwisethinking.Inmostmodernsocieties,thetaxrevenuehasbeenusedtoimprovetheurbanandruralinfrastructure.Forinstance,taxmoneyisoftenallocatedtoprogramssuchasthetransitsystem,thepowergrid,thepipelines,thepublicschoolsandthehospitals.Withoutenoughtaxpaidbythecitizens,thecentralandthelocalgovernmentswouldhavenoalternativebuttosuspendorevencancelmanyoftheirpublicallybeneficialprograms.Also,thegovernmentneedsbudgetstopreventdestabilizingfactorsincludingterrorismandrisingcrimerates,whichhavethreatenedmillionsofpeace-lovingandlaw-abidingcitizens.Itmakessensethatcitizenspayforourownsafetyandasanation,payforournationalsecurity.Ontopofthat,tokeeptheenvironmentandtheeconomymoresustainable,governmentsneedfinancialresourcestoreducepollutionandeconomicrecessions.Noneofthesecanbeachievedwithoutenoughtaxrevenue.Ifcitizensdidnotdischargethedutyofpayingtaxes,wewouldendupwithevenmoresocialproblemsbesidespoverty.Itistruethatsomeauthoritiesmayusethesefactsasexcusestocollectexcessivetaxeswithoutreallyimprovingpeople'slives.Thus,myviewisthatweshouldperformourdutyastaxpayersandthetopearnersshouldpayproportionatelymoretaxes.Meanwhile,thegovernmentshouldsetareasonabletaxrateandensurethatthetaxmoneyisusedforthewelfareofthenation.有些人認為我們應(yīng)該把個人的收入留下來，而不向政府納稅。我認為這不是一個現(xiàn)實且明智的想法。稅收收入在大多數(shù)現(xiàn)代社會中都是被用來加強城市和農(nóng)村地區(qū)的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)的。例如由稅收而來的錢通常會被投入到交通系統(tǒng)、電網(wǎng)、輸油管道、公立學(xué)校及醫(yī)院等項目上。如果沒有公民們繳納的足夠稅款，中央及地方各級政府除了不得不暫停甚至撤銷一些利民工程外，實在是別無選擇。同樣，政府還需要一定的預(yù)算來預(yù)防一些可能會威脅到上百萬公民的不穩(wěn)定的事件發(fā)生，例如防范恐怖主義和抑制犯罪率上揚等。公民們?yōu)樽约旱陌踩U稅以及為我們國家的國家安全繳稅是完全合情合理的。在此之上，政府還需要財政支持來減少污染和緩解經(jīng)濟衰退，以保證自然環(huán)境和經(jīng)濟氣候能夠可持續(xù)發(fā)展。而在缺少足夠的稅收收入的情況下，政府是很難辦到上述幾點的。如果公民們都不能執(zhí)行他們的納稅義務(wù)的話，我們最終就會生活在一個充滿了更多社會問題的貧窮的社會里。我承認的確有些政府以上面那些理由為借口對人民課以重稅，同時并沒有實質(zhì)性地改善人民的生活。所以我認為我們應(yīng)該履行我們作為納稅人的納稅義務(wù)，同時高收入人群應(yīng)該按比例多繳納些稅款。與此同時，政府也應(yīng)該設(shè)立一個合理的稅率并保證這些稅款能夠用之于民。inspiteofstrongfluctuationsintheprevioustenyears(averagingat200gramsperpersonperweek),theconsumptio