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Government Funding: Arts vs. Public Services

The document discusses whether government funding of arts, music and theatre is a waste of money or not. It acknowledges that public services are important and should be the priority for government funding. However, it also argues that arts are important for a society's cultural and intellectual development as well as entertainment, so they should not be completely neglected and deserve some level of government support.

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Government Funding: Arts vs. Public Services

The document discusses whether government funding of arts, music and theatre is a waste of money or not. It acknowledges that public services are important and should be the priority for government funding. However, it also argues that arts are important for a society's cultural and intellectual development as well as entertainment, so they should not be completely neglected and deserve some level of government support.

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The government's investment in arts, music and theatre is a waste of money.

Governments should invest


these funds in public services instead.

To what extent do you agree with this statement?

It is often argued that the government should finance public services instead of spending its budget on arts,
music and theatre. Although I agree that government’s investments in public services play a very important
role, I think that proper funding of arts sector is also crucial for the society.

On the one hand, the government should definitely allocate a large part of its budget on public services.
This economic sector determines the overall quality of life, ensuring that some basic services, like schools,
hospitals and roads, are available to all citizens irrespective of their income or social status. Public services
satisfy the primary needs of the society and thus need a proper funding, while artists and musicians are not
curing diseases or building houses, so their role is secondary. For example, any country can live without
music concerts, but absence of medicine will create significant problems. That’s why the government
should adequately finance public services in the first place.

On the other hand, arts, music and theatre are not a waste of money, since they are an integral part of the
society’s cultural and intellectual development and amusement. Firstly, art and music draw people’s
attention to diverse phenomena and represent the inward significance of things. Quite often a single
drawing, piece or song can exhort myriads of people to reconsider their attitude towards some situation.
This way, art serves as a major source of nation’s personal and intellectual development. Moreover, visiting
museums, watching movies and listening to music are common ways of relaxation and entertainment.
Thus, art sector is also important for the society and should not be neglected.

To conclude, though I agree that the government should allocate a large part of its budget on such urgent
needs of the society like public services, I think that arts, music and theatre should also be financed since
they play an important role in people’s development and entertainment.

(317 words) This is a full band-9 answer for to what extent you agree or disagree IELTS Writing question
above:

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