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in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on (lemmy.world)
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I assume "Other purposes" is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (9 children)

This is pretty great. This should be happening everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I get one from the US gov. It looks like:

Military spending ======================== Other =

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Makes me want to calculate what goes where in my taxes based off these percentages, even if it’s not the most accurate

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