Elections are important because government officials – the ones we elect and those they hire – decide how much taxes we pay and how those taxes are spent. They determine whether we go to war, whether to build or repair our roads and bridges, what our schools teach, and what social services to provide, and to whom.
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uses current events as a platform to teach civics, with emphasis on the U.S. Constitution. I clarify the history, rationale, policies, and procedures surrounding government operations and events, relating civics to real life. I don’t report the news. I explain it.
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