Summary
A friendly tax collector explains what taxes are and what public services - roads, schools, parks - they pay for.
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Discussion
A friendly tax collector explains what taxes are and what public services - roads, schools, parks - they pay for..
- What is a tax?
- What kinds of things do taxes pay for?
- Why do communities collect taxes from everyone?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: tax, government, services.
Try it: List two things in your town that taxes help pay for.