Thursday April 16th

Class began with students attempting to guess the percentage of the Federal Budget that is spent on 11 categories.

After viewing the correct answers; the class compared the data provided with data provided from a different perspective.


The class then read this description of federal programs (the source has a left of center bias). The class discussed the value of these expenditures, and the values behind them.

The class then considered the sources of Federal revenue:

and discussed the values of this distribution.

The class then compared a typical state's sources of revenue:

Then the class considered the effect of sales tax on people of different income brackets:

And the class considered data for how income taxes impact people at different income levels (data set from Robert Reich on California income)

2ND PERIOD CLASS LEFT OFF AT THIS POINT

The class looked at the trends for Federal Corporate Tax Rates:

Finally the class looked at the effective tax rates for high income people and low income people over time: