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-square233fedilinkarrow-up12.11Karrow-down125file-text
arrow-up12.09Karrow-down1imagein Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent onlemmy.worldAgent641@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square233fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecubicle0924@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoUnfortunately paying the interest on your debt is not the same as paying down the actual (principle) debt. Unless there’s something I’m not seeing. Edit: There was in fact something I wasn’t seeing.
minus-squareFluid@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoSee “gross debt this year” and “last year”. We had surplus so it has been put toward paying down the principle
minus-squarecubicle0924@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoDerp, I just looked at bar chart breakdown, didn’t see that.
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fortunately paying the interest on your debt is not the same as paying down the actual (principle) debt. Unless there’s something I’m not seeing.Edit: There was in fact something I wasn’t seeing.
See “gross debt this year” and “last year”. We had surplus so it has been put toward paying down the principle
Derp, I just looked at bar chart breakdown, didn’t see that.