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Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by lostlogin on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:35PM (#18242165)
Every local government tax bill here in Auckland, New Zealand comes with a breakdown of where each dollar goes. It comes every 3 months. They also publish it on their site. I’ve probably read it before but certainly haven’t in the last few years.
Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by tareqak on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:57PM (#18242460)
It'd be nice to see it on the actual building providing a service. I know that a lot of governments (national, state/provincial, local/municipal) publish this information, but having a currency value next to school or a library is powerful thing. Imagine a political candidate advocating for tax cuts in a local debate, and a member of the audience asks, "Candidate, after your tax cut, where will the $X for my child's school come from?"
Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by RandomInteger4 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @02:58PM (#18242477)
Meanwhile, in the united states, people are sued for copyright infringement for publishing publicly available information such as "laws".

I wish our local and state governments were as transparent as yours; sometimes they are, but it's not universal, and it's a sad disgrace that our country's (US's) governing bodies are so enthralled with secrecy in most public matters.

Re:Anti-Tax Fervor Closed Their Libraries. Now Residents Are... by RandomInteger4 on Thursday October 18, 2018 @02:06AM (#18246268)
ADDENDUM: Apparently either people think I'm being off topic (maybe), or I'm making stuff up, so, here's a source:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/public-records-a...