Who is the U.S. government? It is US! "We the People" are not
just words that start the Preamble, they describe who our
government is! What our government does and who pays for it are
part of this lesson.   In this lesson, you will identify taxes
as a source of revenue used by our government to provide
services and identify a public good.   In the Preamble of our
constitution , it is promised that our government will take care
of the people (promote the general welfare) and protect them.
That is sure good to know! But how does the government do that?
And who pays for it?  If the government is US then WE pay for
it! We pay for our government agencies by paying taxes. The
taxes include the personal income tax, taxes that come out of
our paychecks called payroll taxes, sales taxes, and others.
Where do all those tax dollars go? Our government uses them to
pay for all the buildings, people, and policies that the
government operates. Plus tax dollars go to pay for social
security payments, salaries for all the pe