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Personal Finance

Personal Finance. Unit 13 – Georgia Produces; Georgia’s Trade; Starting a Business; Sources of State Revenue; Personal Money Management. Trade in Georgia. Colonial trade was with Native Americans and shipping goods back to Europe . .

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Personal Finance

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  1. Personal Finance Unit 13 – Georgia Produces; Georgia’s Trade; Starting a Business; Sources of State Revenue; Personal Money Management

  2. Trade in Georgia • Colonial trade was with Native Americans and shipping goods back to Europe. • Antebellum trade involved wagons, river boats, steam ships and trains.

  3. How do we conduct trade now?

  4. Free Trade • Free Trade is trade between countries that is unrestricted by tariffs.

  5. Georgia Products: Agriculture • Poultry • Cotton • Tobacco Leaf • Peanuts • Peanut Products • GOLD KIST – nation’s 2nd largest poultry company is in GA.

  6. Georgia Produces: Manufacturing Soft drinks, carpet, transportation equipment, & forest products

  7. Georgia Produces: Manufacturing Coca-Cola – most recognized GA product Shaw Industries – largest manufacture of carpet in the world

  8. Georgia Produces: Manufacturing Lockheed-Martin in Marietta makes C-130 aircraft for global customers Georgia-Pacific: Worldwide supplier of forest products: pulp, paper, & building products

  9. Georgia Produces: Transportation Both help move Georgians and cargo across the globe every day. Shipyard at Savannah & Brunswick also play a role in international shipping.

  10. Georgia Produces: Transportation Delta Airlines: Atlanta based air carrier. Started in Atlanta in the 1950’s.

  11. Georgia Produces: Transportation United Parcel Service (UPS): Largest single transportation network in the world.

  12. Starting A Business • Entrepreneur: A person who takes a risk to produce goods and services in search of a profit.

  13. Starting A Business • A profit is a company's earnings after all expense are paid. • Profit provides incentive for entrepreneurs.

  14. Entrepreneurs • Entrepreneurs invest personal resources and risks losing those resources if the business fails. • They share the risk when borrowing from banks or a wealthy investor. • Entrepreneurs are good for the economy.

  15. Georgia Entrepreneurs • Delta Airlines • Coca-Cola • Georgia-Pacific • Home Depot

  16. Sources of State Revenue Sales Tax • “Consumption Tax” • A sales tax which is placed on things that people buy and consume. • Cars, groceries, clothes, etc.

  17. Sources of State Revenue Federal Grants • U.S. Government gives states federal grants to help fund education or build interstate highways.

  18. Sources of State Revenue Personal Income Tax • States and the U.S. Government tax the earnings of individual citizens & money they earn from investments.

  19. Sources of State Revenue Property Taxes • Private homes, land, and business property are taxed according to their value. • Major source of revenue for the local governments.

  20. WHO GETS THE MONEY? Revenue is used to pay for state & local programs like education, roads, public transportation, police & fire protection. Citizens pay taxes… citizens use services.

  21. State Budget GA Constitution says that the State must operate under an annual budget. That budget details how much money is spent where.

  22. State Budget The General Assembly must pass an “appropriation” which permits the spending from the budget. Many levels of the State Government participate in planning the budget.

  23. Planning A State Budget • Process begins in Spring • Head of each agency decides how much money they need during the year. • In the Fall, the Office of Planning & Budget looks at the requests and decides what can be cut. • In January the Governor’s proposed budget is presented to the General Assembly. • State law requires that the budget be balanced; meaning the state cannot go into debt – EVER.

  24. Personal Money Management Money is the medium of exchange to buy goods and services. Your income provides you with money to spend on whatever you choose.

  25. Personal Money Management People use CREDIT to buy something now and pay for it later. When you use CREDIT, you have to pay the amount you borrowed plus and additional amount of interest.

  26. Personal Money Management Banks make money from interest payments – interest is a fee paid for the use of someone else’s money.

  27. Making Your Money Grow! Putting money in a bank or credit union can make you EARN interest. Saving money allows you to increase your money by INVESTING.

  28. Making Your Money Grow! Ways to Invest Your Money: Stocks and Bonds Real Estate Natural Resources Collectibles Business (your own or someone else’s)

  29. Safeguarding Your Money The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created in the New Deal by FDR in the Great Depression. The FDIC provides insurance for Americans who have money in banks.

  30. Safeguarding Your Money The FDIC insures banks in case of bank failure. If a bank fails, $100,000 of your money is insured by the Federal Government. Since the FDIC was created, no American has lost money to a bank due to bank failure.

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