you and your sibling, whose name is go to your favorite store called there, finds a toy to buy, called a (he or she) really wants this toy. the toy is labeled $3.99, and so (he or she) brings it to the cashier. the cashier tells your sibling, “that will be $4.19.” your sibling removes four dollar bills from a pocket and then, finding no more money, starts to cry. (he or she) turns to you and begins asking questions as you as you walk away from the counter.

“why was the label wrong? it said $3.99! ”

your respond, “it rang up as $4.19 because of these are we pay other types of to government such as

“why do we pay them? it seems so unfair! now i can’t have my toy! ”

you respond, “we pay them because governments at each level provide such as it the economy because

“it doesn’t me. i shouldn’t have to pay. i’m just a kid.”

you respond, “even kids benefit. one specific example is a way that our family benefits is how a way that our community benefits is how

“how was i supposed to know all this? i don’t have 19 cents. what do i do now? ”

you respond, “what you should do is create your own budget. a budget is it lists all your and when you subtract from what is left can be a or it could be the reason having a is bad is because

“will my budget be anything like the government’s budget? ”

you respond, “they have similarities and differences. some similarities include some differences include

be sure that your story contains these features:

explains what taxes are
explains how taxes support the economy
gives examples of how government spending benefits people
explains how a budget can avoid your sibling's problem
compares the national budget to a personal budget

You and your sibling, whose name is Johnny, go to your favorite store called Toys R Us. There, Johnny finds a toy to buy, called a Spiderman Action Figure. He really wants this toy. The toy is labeled $3.99, and so he brings it to the cashier. The cashier tells your sibling, “That will be $4.19.” Your sibling removes four dollar bills from a pocket and then, finding no more money, starts to cry. He turns to you and begins asking questions as you as you walk away from the counter. 

“Why was the label wrong? It said $3.99!” 

Your respond, “It rang up as $4.19 because of taxes. These are for the government. We pay other types of taxes to government such as property tax. 

“Why do we pay them? It seems so unfair! Now I can’t have my toy!” 

You respond, “We pay them because we're supporting public libraries, parks, and roads and paying government workers. Governments at each level provide taxes such as sales tax. It helps the economy because we're giving the government a lot of money. 

“It doesn’t help me. I shouldn’t have to pay. I’m just a kid.” 

You respond, “Even kids benefit. One specific example is school funding. A way that our family benefits is how we're paying to be protected by firemen and police. A way that our community benefits is how nice the roads are. 

“How was I supposed to know all this? I don’t have 19 cents. What do I do now?” 

You respond, “What you should do is create your own budget. A budget is how you plan to spend your money. It lists all your income and expenses. When you subtract expenses from income, what is left can be spent how you please , on things you don't really need , or it could be an emergency fund. The reason having a budget is bad is because you can't spend all of your money that you would like to. 

“Will my budget be anything like the government’s budget?” 

You respond, “They have similarities and differences. Some similarities include paying for transportation. Some differences include the governments highest priority is social security, while personal budgets do not include that.