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

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[–] wolre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I think this is a pretty good idea, actually. While this kind of information is available in most western places, people usually can't be bothered to look it up and then have very weird ideas about what their taxes are probably spent on. This would at least help clear some things up.

[–] Jolan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm surprised so much money is going towards disability, what kind of stuff do they get?

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[–] Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mannnn... I wish we had this in the U.S. Unfortunately it would ruin a lot of the propaganda forced down our throats, disabling some talking points for our dumbass politicians.

They'd never give us something so comprehensive.

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[–] Peepolo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We get this in the UK too πŸ‘.

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[–] Hogger85b@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tories in the UK did this and obfuscated to their agenda

They showed "pensions" but that was only public sector worker pensions then added the universal state pension to the "benefits" section to claim we had a bloated benefits budget for scroungers despite them being the party of triple lock pension (linked to greater of wages, inflation and aribitary 2%)

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is this hard to do in practice? I would love to see a breakdown like this in the United States, and especially on a local level. What’s involved in getting this information? Where does someone even start to request something like this?

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[–] Orange@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

That is a freaking sweet seal for the Australian Government! Id wear that on a shirt

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's cocaine and prostitutes because it's always cocaine and prostitutes.

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