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Taxation and the National Debt | Lesson Demo

Updated: November 21 2016,

Author: barreladmin

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Budget Deficit, Budget Deficits and Public Debt, Credit, Roles of Government

This video models a lesson from our Understanding Fiscal Responsibility curriculum in the classroom, discusses lesson objectives and provides pointers for teaching about federal taxes and their relationship to the national debt. Students learn more about their own political philosophies and then discuss how these views fit within the national discussion on taxation.

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