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Yes it is. You are exactly asking for them to track every dollar, read your list again: Or think about the taxes the business where they shop pays. Or where those gas taxes go. Or why energy costs what it does. Etc. You want them to obsess, or you'll call them stupid.

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You want them to obsess, or you'll call them stupid.

Thinking about where those taxes go does not mean that one should go out and track every dollar. It should make one aware that they are paying a lot of money in taxes and they should be wondering where that money goes, but in a more general sense. The government does not know where the money goes *exactly* so it would not make sense to expect a citizen to know either.