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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by dingaling on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @06:20PM (#13991163)
In the UK each pay-as-you-earn taxpayer ( I.e. tax calculated automatically and deducted from net income ) receives an annual statement of their tax and figuratively how it was spent e.g. £800 on health, £105 on defence etc
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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by thomastjeffery on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @08:50PM (#13991994)
Whereas in the US most people don't pay any attention to where their tax dollars go. Meanwhile, President Trump raised our already ludicrous defense budget another $50 billion.
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