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Taxation
With Representation
The Politics of Economics
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Taxation With Representation is a flexible,
cross-curricular, model legislature-based simulation that's
designed to be used in both economics and government/civics
classes. It focuses on the interplay between taxes and politics.
Students draft tax bills, argue them in committees and in the
full House or Senate where they are required to produce one
compromise bill. Along the way, your students learn about the
U.S. tax system, Democratic and Republican tax agendas, political
pressure and how politics affects what economic measures get
passed.
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Civics and Economics Standards Alignments
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| Civics Standards
(National) |
| McRel |
How Does the Government Established
by the Constitution Embody the Purposes, Values, and Principles
of American Democracy?
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| 16 |
Understands
the major responsibilities of the national government for domestic
and foreign policy, and understands how government is financed through
taxation. |
| 20 |
Understands
the roles of political parties, campaigns, elections, and associations
and groups in American politics |
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21 |
Understands
the formation and implementation of public policy. |
| Center for
Civic Education |
| III |
HOW
DOES THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION EMBODY THE PURPOSES,
VALUES, AND PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY? |
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B |
How
is the national government organized and what does it do? |
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Financing
government through taxation. Students should be able to
evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues regarding how government
should raise money to pay for its operations and services. |
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| National
Voluntary Economic Standards |
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Standard |
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Productive
resources are limited. Therefore, people cannot have all the goods
and services they want; as a result, they must choose some things
and give up others. |
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Effective
decision making requires comparing the additional costs of alternatives
with the additional benefits. Most choices involve doing a little
more or a little less of something; few choices are all-or-nothing
decisions. |
| 16 |
There
is an economic role for government to play in a market economy whenever
the benefits of a government policy outweigh its costs. Governments
often provide for national defense, address environmental concerns,
define and protect property rights, and attempt to make markets
more competitive. Most government policies also redistribute income. |
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Costs
of government policies sometimes exceed benefits. This may occur
because of incentives facing voters, government officials, and government
employees, because of actions by special interest groups that can
impose costs on the general public, or because social goals other
than economic efficiency are being pursued. |
| Samples
and Downloads |
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Table
of Contents (PDF) |
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Student Instructions
(Sample) |
| Sample
Tax Bill |
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