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September 10, 2013 06:28 pm GMT

Government Taps Tech Startup to Explain Where Tax Dollars Go

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Taxpayers in the United States are all too familiar with governments gobbling up about a third of their paychecks. But what actually happens to all that tax money may not be as familiar

A technology startup called Outline is building a tool to help residents figure that out. Outline announced its partnership with the Massachusetts state government Monday evening. The groups have worked together for the past eight months to create an online budget simulator — a web app that citizens can use to calculate the personal financial impact of government policies.

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