Social Warfare

Post ID: 3428803

Overview

Using the debt clock, find the current U.S. national debt per person. Record that amount and reflect on your thoughts about the figure. Is it higher than you thought? Does it concern you?
Using the debt clock, find the current U.S. federal budget deficit. What is this amount? What are your thoughts on the deficit?
Finally, using the debt clock, find the current U.S. revenue per citizen. This is the amount each citizen pays in federal taxes (taking into account the very rich-this number skews higher than reality). What are your thoughts about tax fairness? Do you feel like you pay too many taxes or too few? Watch this quick news story.

- IRS documents show Bezos, Musk and Buffett pay almost no taxes
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- (CNN, 2021)