People understand that the government needs money to operate and have come to terms with that, people might not have come to terms with the government looking through their private lives on the Internet.
That demonstrably false - ask a random joe how much tax he just paid, and he will know. Ask him how many companies bought his data, and he wont have a clue. He doesnt even know who has it, who sold it, or anything for that matter.
If, every time his data was sold, he got a notification, then maybe we would see a change.
Random joe somehow both knows how much tax he just paid, but also worries that if he gets into the "next tax bracket" he'll suddenly take home much less money.
Random joe knows what his taxes pay for, but also thinks 25% of his taxes fund NASA and the NEA.
Roads, healthcare, education, infrastructure, military are things most people would probably be able to respond. Also the money they're giving to the government isn't tied to their identity in any way other than how well they're doing financially.
What? Joe in UK gets a summary of national budget in the post every year, and can attend parlamentary sessions where budgets are discussed. They are public documents
In general perhaps, just like generally we have an idea of what Google or Apple or Facebook have. But likewise although we know in aggregate what the government does with money, we don’t know specifically what they do with our contribution, nor do we have control over it whether we agree or disagree with the usage of it.
What is this absurdity, why are you on a mission to create an appearence that private and confidential dealings of Facebook and just as transparent as public documents subject to multiple levels of scruitiny by elected officials?
there is no 'spesifically your contribution', you know exactly how much was spent on each road if you bother to look, and you do not have an idea of what facebook has and to whom it was sold because this information is not public.
