Task 2
‘Everybody should donate a fixed amount of their income to support charity.’ How far do you share this
viewpoint?
In many countries, funds raised from donation could always support many current serious
problems, and it is controversial whether entire citizens in their nations should give a fixed percentage
of their revenues for charity. It appears to me that this idea would apparently burden those who also
have to pay taxes. We will discuss other alternative ways of funding for donation.
Firstly, we must distinguish the terms between charity and duty. It seems obvious that this idea
imposes this obligation on people, meaning that it makes the group of taxpayers or entrepreneurs carry
more duties which is not directly involved. This might lead to the disturbance of money flow. Secondly, it
must be said that the amount of taxation from all sections is adequate for charity supports if the
government organised the subsidies seriously for emergency events, ranging from the damages from
disasters to the poverty. The examples can be seen in Japan, where they could subsidise the natural
disaster events to ameliorate the severity of the consequent loss consistently. Finally, the idea of
obligatory donation is not the only way to obtain the money, but it tends to be done by fundraising
campaign, which is possible when sponsors feel interested. This seems to be more satisfactory for those
who are willing to donate, regardless of the compulsory policy.
Admittedly, everyone should be responsible for donating some amount of their incomes to
charity. Nevertheless, this should not make taxpayers suffer because the government could subsidise
particular events from everyone’ taxes and fundraising events for donations.
To conclude, the citizens’ incomes should not be divided to Charity Organisation. Even though
people should be generous to raise awareness of charity, but this has to rely on their financial capability.
It can be said that present taxations and their own burdens become their major concerns, so the state
could allot the taxes and launch fundraising campaign.