TyrionsNose@lemmy.worldtoMildly Interesting@lemmy.world•in Australia, when we pay taxes, we get a receipt. The receipt shows what our taxes were spent on
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1 year agoI don’t think that’s favorable treatment. Defense is 3%. Social Security is 5%. Medicaid and Medicare is also 5%.
We can afford our defense budget and make the country better for the common person by utilizing our funds more efficiently and/or moving to universal healthcare.
Right, so then they should be operated as a public telecom and be regulated as Title II. This would allow them to be free from such lawsuits.
However, they want to remain as private for profit companies so they should be held responsible for not acting responsibly.