How can i check to see how much my city is spending on various projects?

801735 · 2017-10-04T02:48:33+00:00

Did you run out of rage fuel? Because from what I read, that's what you're after.

Xlasingx · 2017-10-04T03:03:28+00:00

here's a 2014 federal,

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/04/15/get-your-2014-federal-taxpayer-receipt

..there may be something more current..

you'll have to look up the individual state..

lostapwbm · 2017-10-04T05:56:10+00:00

Most of your tax money is likely used to service some kind debt the city holds, followed by salaries, insurance, and pensions.

If your city/county has a website, search for the words "expenditures" or "outlays."

jkarovskaya · 2017-10-04T13:46:10+00:00

Wrong sub, wrong web domain, wrong everything!

DWShimoda · 2017-10-04T16:50:13+00:00

Which "tax money"??

If you're talking property taxes, there's often (depends on the state/locale, YMMA) a sort of rough "breakdown" on your annual property tax bill -- basically showing what % or even $ are going to which entity (county, town, city, school district, etc).

Unfortunately, if you want to know anything more/deeper, you usually have to get a copy of the annual budget or most recent "financial report" of the individual entity... and then alas even that will likely only give you "block" amounts by crude categories. Worse, most large "projects" are built using debt/bond issues, which are then sort of "lumped together" and paid off over long stretches of time (years, often decades; much like a mortgage).

You can probably get certain figures for major projects (particularly things like new school buildings or additions/renovations); but there's often a caveat there as well, because the initial "budgeted/approved" amount all too often has little to do with the final total cost (not only because of cost overruns, but also because such amounts frequently DON'T include the subsequent interest charges, etc).

Basically, unless you live in some VERY small rural area (low population, fairly simple government structure), it's gonna be deuced difficult to figure out how much is actually being spent on what, even in the "big picture" aggregate totals -- if you're located in some fairly "large" city... well good luck with that.

And when it comes to your State & Federal (income/payroll) taxes... well, there's really ZERO point in even attempting to comprehend that: it's all such an obfuscated fustercluck that frankly NO ONE has more than a vague notion, and trying to drill it down/allocate it to how much of what is being taken from your paycheck is going to anything in particular, is an exercise in complete and total futility.

How can i check to see how much my city is spending on various projects?

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Which as expensive as that is/sounds... well I rather doubt that is anywhere NEAR the actual total cost.

Looks to me like this is just yet another of the bullshit "ADA compliance" things that funnel shitloads of money to a lot of rather dubious businesses & non-profit quangos. (IOW massive "waste.")

Which "tax money"??

Title	How can i check to see how much my city is spending on various projects?
Author	DefenderofOasis
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Comments	9
Date	October 4, 2017 2:46 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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