What Does a Citizen Do?

The U.S. Constitution allows Congress to require citizen to pay taxes. The first income tax was created during the Civil War. Citizens have been paying takes to the government ever since. The government uses the money to pay for many services. Who has to pay taxes? What are those taxes used for? What happened if a citizen does not pay taxes? What can be taxed? How are taxes collected? This book examines the role of a taxpayer in a civic society. The text follows an inquiry-based approach using the C-3 Framework for Social Studies.