Taxes at Work

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CHAPTER 1 Taking Government for Granted It’s easy to take your government for granted If we need help in an emergency we simply dial 911 and the police or firefighters head to your house right away If we need to go somewhere we hop on a bus a subway or a highway When we retire the government provides us with health insurance if we don’t already have our own And when we turn on the faucet clean water comes out All these things and many more have been there throughout our lives so we tend to forget the hard work that goes into providing them There was a time in American history when such services were little more than a dream They developed over time as people needed them and the funds that make them possible come from taxes and other fees Where do the various government bodies get those funds From you 4 21st century skills library