Homework!

What is your view or position that taxes are the price we pay for living in a "civilized society"? I'm sure we need to pay taxes to government for our living in a country. The 'living' means our life when we're been old. Paying taxes assure to live comfortably in one's old age. It's the concept like a saving. If we saving more money, we're able to receive more money when I want to get back it. North Europe will be the best example for the concept about taxes. As everyone knows, they are the top of the best country to live in for lots of years. So I think paying taxes is essential element in civilized society for enjoying happy life well.

 A great day to you [이름]! ^^ Thank you for writing in our composition board. It\'s been a while since the last time you wrote here. ^^ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. said: “Taxes are the price we pay for civilization.”Taxes put out fires, keep our streets safe, ensure our food and water are safe, create legal safeguards for businesses and employees, provide parks. In other words, it provide us benefits every hour of the day and every day of the year. Past generations paid taxes for what we have today like schools, hospitals, courts of law, roads, public transit and parks. Our taxes today allow us to pass along those benefits to future generations which could possibly be our own children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. If we ignore, shortchange or postpone funding for social, economic and environmental problems today, the solutions will become more expensive in the future. It\'s just sad that while we religiously pay our taxes, some people from the government steal and mismanage them. I know this for a fact because most of the politicians in my country are corrupt. They steal the money they didn\'t work hard for and don\'t give what the people deserve. While it is true that our taxes ensures a comfortable place to live in, its mismanagement could also be the reason for the people to stop paying their taxes. I hope you have a wonderful day [이름]. See you again tomorrow. Take care always. ~Teacher Charry (^^,) I\'m sure we need to pay taxes to government for our living in a country. >> I\'m sure we need to pay our taxes to the government in order to live in a country that would ensure our comfort and our safety. The \'living\' means our life when we\'re been old. >> The word \'living\' pertains to the way we should live when we\'re old. Paying taxes assure to live comfortably in one\'s old age. >> Paying our taxes assures us that we\'d be able to live a comfortable life when we\'re old. It\'s the concept like a saving. >> It has a similar concept to saving.  If we saving more money, we\'re able to receive more money when I want to get back it. >> If we save more money, we\'d be able to enjoy its interest the moment we want to take our money back. North Europe will be the best example for the concept about taxes. >> CORRECT! OR >> North Europe will be the best example for the concept on taxes. As everyone knows, they are the top of the best country to live in for lots of years. >> As everyone knows, the countries in this area are the best countries to live in for a long time. So I think paying taxes is essential element in civilized society for enjoying happy life well. >> So I think paying taxes is an essential element in a civilized society.