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That would make it difficult for minorities and unpopular services. Nobody is going to want their taxes to pay the tax collector's salary, after all.
by KGIII 9y ago
That would make it difficult for minorities and unpopular services. Nobody is going to want their taxes to pay the tax collector's salary, after all.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoOne of the many conundrums of modern politics is that the tax collectors could indeed collect more tax if they were better funded, so every tax dollar spent would recoup more than one tax dollar, yet this is resisted by the people who are presumably not currently paying what they should under current laws, and they've convinced people who do pay what they should under current laws, that this is a good thing.
- KGIII 9y agoI'd suspect there wouldn't be much funding to provide access to impaired people, either. Most people probably aren't all that interested in paying for things in Braille. I live in an unincorporated township, with just a few residents. My road would never get plowed or maintained.
- mirekrusin 9y agoI didn't mean total replacement, in some cases it would work better, in other cases what we've got actually works pretty well. I meant some percentage of your tax should be controlled by the taxpayer directly, let's say 1% to start, increasing every 4 years by 1% up to, 20% for example.
- KGIII 9y agoI don't think 20% of the budget is capable of being discretionary. If you're really wanting to do so, some government agencies actually accept donations. When I sold my business, I donated to NASA. I couldn't earmark the donation for something like educational outreach as donations have to go into the general fund.
- danarmak 9y agoRelated: a book Pratchett teased but didn't complete was about tax management: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Taxes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_Taxes