in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on by cubicle0924 in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[-] cubicle0924@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Derp, I just looked at bar chart breakdown, didn't see that.

in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on by cubicle0924 in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[-] cubicle0924@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

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

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

in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on by cubicle0924 in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on by cubicle0924 in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[-] cubicle0924@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Un~~fortunately paying the interest on your debt is not the same as paying down the actual (principle) debt. Unless there's something I'm not seeing.~~

Edit: There was in fact something I wasn't seeing.

cubicle0924

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