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I assume "Other purposes" is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Fuel and energy is also mining and has kickbacks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My local government (county and city) do this here in the US, it would be nice to see this on a state and federal level too though

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Problem is in the US since so much of that is put into private sector hands we'd need to gather data on those costs outside of the taxes to put together a proper picture.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Other purposees are maybe funding for the esa (european space agency)

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

You pay more in taxes than I earn in a year.

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