I find not knowing where your money is or went, a rather confusing concept as it is too foreign to my way of thinking.
It would never happen in our country as it is too embedded in the way things are done but as has been said by many before:
If we were to stop all automatic withholding of taxes, federal, medicare, social security, state, city and instead require folks to write a check the first Monday of November for the taxes that they owe we would see a completely different structure and methodology of government spending than we currently have.
Will never happen but many/most folks just have no idea how much they pay in taxes per year or even throughout their lifetime. I have a really good idea of how much, as I pay pretty close attention as I detailed above. What I found interesting was a feature in Quicken that showed up about a decade ago or so that shows a pie chart of all spending. Now I have been using Quicken since it came out 30 years ago. The first decade plus or so of my adult life are not in the file but EVERYTHING ELSE is. (yes I load and track just about everything, cash receipts, credit cards checks you name it, etc.)
To see that pie chart of where spending has gone and to see the total taxes that have been levied upon my wages is just eye watering. It brings things really to a head as far as understanding who you are really working to support and by what percentages.