Agent641@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoin Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent onlemmy.worldimagemessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareDran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe data to create this is essentially public with budget bills right? It would just take building a percentage tree and categorizing them appropriately. I might look into how complex this would be to build.
minus-squarecubicle0924@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoLuckily they even do the categorization and calculate percentages for you! https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/budget_function
minus-squareDran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI had no idea this existed; thanks for the share!
The data to create this is essentially public with budget bills right? It would just take building a percentage tree and categorizing them appropriately. I might look into how complex this would be to build.
Luckily they even do the categorization and calculate percentages for you!
https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/budget_function
I had no idea this existed; thanks for the share!