Not only this, I think this should be selectable by taxpayers before they pay taxes so they can customize the amount that goes to each category. This would be the true democratic way of doing it. So, for example, based on your salary you need to pay 20k in taxes. You’d then select how much you want to go into Transportation, Healthcare, defense, education, etc.
This would quickly force the government agencies to work for their money.
in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on (lemmy.world)
I assume “Other purposes” is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬