【8月參考】托福寫作范文：money篇

The more money people have, the more they should give away to charity.

The popularity of technology widens the gap between the rich and the poor to some extent. In order to bridge the gap between them, many people suggest that it is reasonable to require the well-paid people, especially those who are wealthy, to donate money to the poor. However, as far as i am concerned, this practice is far away from being justified for the following two reasons.

First and foremost, demanding the better-off to give away more to the charity is likely to discourage the initiative of them. The willingness of people to be devoted to helping others is the key to philanthropy. If the willingness gradually decreases, hardly can the charitable institution be supported and exist. Since the wealthy earn their fortune by prodigious efforts, they are entitled to allocate their own income.

 If they are compelled to act according to the claim, they are inclined to pay less effort to making money, along with which their wills to devote money may decline. Therefore, fewer funds can be raised to help the poor. In some extreme cases, the affluent may understate their fortune in order to shirk the heavy demand for donation, like what they have done to evade taxation.

To add more credibility, this practice tends to mislead the others not to donate to the people in needs. Due to the little existence of top earners, fund collected among the masses is another important source of charitable institution. However, after they are aware of the fact that the more property people possess, the more they give away to the needed, they are convinced that the responsibility of helping others is mostly transferred on the wealthy and their help is ignorable in front of the abundant fund other people have.

For those who are only self-sufficed, they are pleased to have others to shoulder the responsibility and thus reluctant to give away money. Therefore, the likelihood of economic support from them is likely to be greatly reduced.

Admittedly, the able should assume more responsibilities because they can accomplish what others cannot accomplish. Likewise, the wealthy are supposed to give away more money to the charity for only part of their fortune can ensure the survival of many others. However, charity is based on people’s good will rather than their sense of responsibility. Therefore, it cannot be set as a mandatory policy but a rational advice and encouragement.