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Celebrities
…
Do celebrities like actors and athletes deserve
the money they earn? …
1. What they offer is completely unnecessary.
We could all live happily without
professional soccer for example.
2. Those who provide essential services (e.g.
surgeons, who save people’s lives) are
poorly-paid by comparison.
3. Why should they earn millions of dollars
when there is so much poverty in the
world?
4. Many of them lack real talent, and they have
succeeded in spite of this.
5. They often set a bad example to the youth
// They exert undesirable influence in
society.
6. Personal profit is their sole motive and they
never use their wealth and power to exert
good influence.
7. They create fashions and their way of life
and style of dress are considered as ideal.
8. Their salaries should be compatible with the
wages/salaries most people earn.
NO
1. They endure a lot of inconveniences:
It is dangerous for them to make
unscheduled appearances in public.
They have no privacy and are
constantly in the public eye.
They are always followed by the
paparazzi, who pry into their lives.
Their lives are stressful and they have
no security.
2. Many of them earn vast sums in foreign
currency and the taxman can only be
grateful for their massive annual
contributions to the Treasury.
3. They have taken enormous risks and have
worked extremely hard to get to the top.
4. As role models, they could have a positive
influence on the public.
5. They possess talents that others lack.
6. They entertain millions of people.
7. Only the most talented among them will
reach the top.
8. A sports career lasts only a few years.
