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title: "SSPFL10: Government Taxing and Spending (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSPFL10
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSPFL10
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# SSPFL10: Government Taxing and Spending

Describe how government taxing and spending decisions affect consumers.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSPFL10.a**: Define progressive, regressive, and proportional taxes.
- **SSPFL10.b**: Analyze the purpose of different types of taxes including income, property, sales, excise, and capital gains.
- **SSPFL10.c**: Explain how an increase in sales tax affects different income groups.
- **SSPFL10.d**: Describe government programs designed to provide assistance to low income individuals such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assisstance Program (SNAP) (including the special program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)), Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and public housing.
- **SSPFL10.e**: Explain how unemployment insurance is provided by federal and state governments.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.