Dran_Arcana comments on in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on

in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago by Agent641@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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I assume "Other purposes" is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬

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[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (3 children)

The data to create this is essentially public with budget bills right? It would just take building a percentage tree and categorizing them appropriately. I might look into how complex this would be to build.

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[–] jcit878@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

its basically just proportioning out the nations budget against the amount of tax paid,assuming you had access to how much was spent where by category, it would be a peice of piss to make

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[–] cubicle0924@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Luckily they even do the categorization and calculate percentages for you!

https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/budget_function

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[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

I had no idea this existed; thanks for the share!

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