TyrionsNose@lemmy.worldtoMildly Interesting@lemmy.world•in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on
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1 year agoAnd another 2.5Trillion on the private side. Spend more on healthcare than any other country with the same or worse outcomes.
I don’t think that’s favorable treatment. Defense is 3%. Social Security is 5%. Medicaid and Medicare is also 5%.
We can afford our defense budget and make the country better for the common person by utilizing our funds more efficiently and/or moving to universal healthcare.