Four sessions on public money — made concrete by giving one small town a budget and a shortfall.

Where the money comes from, who actually bears each kind of tax, where it goes, and what happens when a town spends more than it takes in.

The unit fixes one confusion that makes most public argument about government finance incoherent: a deficit is one year's shortfall, the debt is every past shortfall still owed. Your student will have that straight, which is more than most adults do.

Closes with a both-sides argument. This one tends to surface whatever the household already believes.

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Written by a licensed K-12 business teacher with more than thirteen years in the classroom. Built to be taught by a parent with no background in the subject.