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This series fills unmet needs in students' education: understanding money and how the economy works; and managing and saving their own money, from today's allowance to tomorrow's earnings. Everyone agrees that governments need money for things like national defense, police and firemen, and schools. How much money they need, and how the tax money is spent, are where the disagreements begin.

Learn what taxes are, why they are needed (to keep governements from local to federal running), and how they are used to dissuade people from buying items.

Money in the Community uses the National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. The book provides the earliest of readers a background on taxes and how they work in the community. Simple sentence structure and word usage help readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a glossary and index. The My Guide to Money series uses the National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance...

Introduces taxes and explains what they are, how they are collected, and what they are used for.