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Where does the government’s money come from?

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  • "Per inhabitant" is an average: we divide everything by the number of inhabitants, babies and pensioners included. What you pay yourself depends on your wages, what you buy and where you live.
  • Part of the taxes is paid by companies, not by the inhabitants themselves.
  • If the government spends more than it receives, it borrows the difference. That is how the debt grows.

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Source: Eurostat, government revenue (gov_10a_main) and debt (gov_10dd_edpt1), CC BY 4.0. All levels of government together, including social security.