LEAD-IN

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 504.

Men and women.

Author unknown

1. What are the main goods and services that any government provides to its citizens? If these things were owned by private companies, we would be charged a fee for using them. What could happen if someone could not afford fire protection, or trash collection, or national defence?

2. Where do governments get the money to pay for all these goods and services?

3. Make a list of different types of taxes you can think of. If you do not know their actual names, try to describe what they are paid for.

4. What do you think a “good tax” may mean?