Compare and Contrast: Taxes Today

What Do You Think?

You should now have a little bit of a sense of how people felt about taxes and tax collectors at the time leading up to the Revolution. How do people feel about taxes today?

Tea, Taxes, and the Revolution

The Founding Fathers would revolt if they saw America’s tax burden today. [Read more... Links to an external site.]

Read the article linked above and consider the following questions:

1. What is the history of taxes in America?

2. What current taxes are most concerning to Americans today?

3. According to the article, what were the impacts of both raising and reducing taxes?

Current Trends

Review the following Twitter posts and then explore other hashtags or groups to see how people think about taxes today.

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