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Episode Description:
Being a citizen of the United States means fulfilling certain personal, political, and economic responsibilities. Learn what these include and how you can take on these responsibilities in this episode!

Assuming the Responsibilities of a Citizen: Building Your Skills as a Citizen, Part 2

Welcome to 60-Second Civics from the Center for Civic Education. I’m Mark Gage. 

Being a citizen of the United States means fulfilling certain personal, political, and economic responsibilities.

Personal responsibilities include taking care of yourself and your family and making sure that they receive a proper education.

Political responsibilities are those that we most often think of as being the obligations of citizenship, such as serving on a jury, registering for the draft, staying informed about the issues so that you can cast a responsible vote, and supporting the common good rather than exclusively your own interests.

Economic responsibilities include supporting yourself and your family, spending responsibly, dealing fairly with other people in financial matters, and paying taxes.

The American system relies on the informed and reasoned political decisions of the American people.

But it also depends on the willingness of all of us to make responsible decisions that support the common good in our daily lives.

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