United States"People's Pie is a balancing act! You must fund important programs without setting tax rates too high or borrowing too much money. To succeed, you
must keep your residents happy and avoid a burdensome national debt. Are you ready for a piece of People’s Pie?
For English Language Learners: This game offers a support tool, Spanish translation, voiceover, and glossary.
Teachers: Visit the iCivics ""teach"" page to check out classroom resources for People's Pie!
Learning Objectives:
-Analyze how federal tax and spending policies affect the national budget and the national debt
-Explain how corporate, income, and payroll taxes support the economy as a function of the government
-Describe various types of projects and services provided through federal taxes
-Explain how federal departments request funding for discretionary projects in their department
Game Features:
- Set taxes and retirement age over a three-year period
- Weigh a variety of policies and funding needs across the federal government
- Assess policy pitches to determine funding commitments
- Review your proposed annual budget and make hard decisions to reach a balance or surplus
- Manage public approval, as each decision you make will have an impact "
Gives a lot of perspective on the consequences of fiscal decisions. I lowered taxes and then had to cut homelessness assistance... Whoops.
Please help, I can't play it. Upon launch, the game offers me to sign in to iCivics account. Clicking any options doesn't lead to any response.
Fun game
Loved the game. Just 2 suggestions: add more programs, it's get repeated. Also, make severe consequences of rejecting good/important idea.
I like this app.
I absolutely love this game! I am an adult who has always loved the concept of governing. While this game is meant for kids, which is reflected in the simplicity of "winning", it is a fantastic way to learn about the national budget and process of balancing. I would absolutely kill for this game (and other icivics games) to be further developed for a more mature audience with more difficult programs and constituent favorablility rating. Great job team!
Cant even play but several of these games were that way. I could not get off the first screen.
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