Question 1

In New Zealand, cigarettes are taxed highly due to the burden on the health care system from people who have health complications from smoking.

Question 2

I think tax money is spent well in New Zealand. I also think that Japan spends it's tax well too due to the subsidized medical system.

Question 3

I think that home owners are taxed heavily in the city while taxes are cheaper in the sticks.

Question 4

I have heard that making donations can decrease the amount of tax that you must pay.

Question 5

In Ikoma, I would increase the numbers of buses as the running times are infrequent.

Question 6

In Japan, I would tax alcohol and cigarettes much more. I think a level like New Zealand would be better. In New Zealand one can of beer cost ¥500 and one pack of cigarettes is ¥2,000.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
burden	負担
health complications	健康障害
subsidized medical system	ほじょいりょうせいど
the sticks	田舎
infrequent	滅多にない

Question 1

As I only know about taxes in Japan, I think that the pension service tax is pretty high. Even when I was still a university student, the total amount of money that I had to pay adds up to more than 600.000 yen.

Question 2

I think Japan spends the tax that its citizens pay on various sectors. One of them is monthly support for the elderly. I can't say if it is spent wisely or not since economic experts consider the tax allocation system in Japan a mystery.

Question 3

In the case of Indonesia, I heard that the amnesty tax requires business owners to pay way more than regular workers. I believe that this is inequitable.

Question 4

When I go on a shopping spree in Europe, I use my status as a traveler to avoid consumption tax. Taking an example, I would get more than $100 back when buying a bag or shoes for $1000.

Question 5

Recently, I have noticed that there are more and more homeless people in Kyoto. This is most likely because of the pandemic. I would build a homeless shelter and allocate some of the tax money to homeless people so that they have another chance at living decent lives.

Question 6

I would tax tobacco way more than how much it is taxed right now. It's bad for both the smokers and passive smokers' lives. I would make it similar to how much it is taxed in Australia.

Tough Vocabulary

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