Okay, imagine you have a toy car that needs fuel to move. Just like that, airplane engines also need fuel to fly, and this fuel is called jet fuel. But when people take flights on airplanes, they have to pay a little extra money called a tax on jet fuel.
So why do we need this tax? Well, this tax helps the government take care of a lot of important things. It's like if you had a piggy bank where you saved your extra money. The government uses this tax money to build and fix things like roads, schools, and hospitals.
You see, airplanes are very big and powerful machines, and they use a lot of fuel to fly. So, when people take flights, they use a lot of jet fuel too. The government asks for a little bit of money from the price of each gallon of jet fuel to help pay for all the things they need to take care of.
The good thing about this tax is that everyone who uses jet fuel pays their fair share. Just like how you have to pay for the toy car fuel to play with it, people have to pay for the jet fuel to fly in an airplane. So, the tax helps make sure that everyone who uses jet fuel helps to take care of the things that the government needs to do.
Some people might think that this tax is too high or not needed. But the government carefully decides on the amount of tax to collect, so it's not too much for people to afford. And remember, this tax helps make our lives better by making sure that important things are taken care of.
So, when you see airplanes flying in the sky, just think about the tax on jet fuel that helps make everything work smoothly and keeps everything running.