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I consider myself a fairly progressive person. But I think at least some of the people, who don't like paying so much taxes, don't like the fact that the govern

I consider myself a fairly progressive person. But I think at least some of the people, who don't like paying so much taxes, don't like the fact that the government is allocating the tax money collected, and it could, according to their belief, cause inefficiency. I agree with that notion to a certain degree. For example, I wish there is a way to allocate the tax that I pay yearly to the programs that I want to fund. Specifically speaking, say if I pay $100 in tax, I should have a say to paying at least $50 of that to programs that I think are important for me (e.g., dept. of transportation; dept. of education; EPA...)

chii 7y ago
> programs that I think are important for me Which is the whole reason why individuals should not be making such choices. Small, marginalised causes or departments should still get funding. If we followed your method of fund allocation, some aspects of Govt would not get any funding at all. You may also end up funding departments which don't need as much funding. This misallocation is worse than today's imo.
- p1necone 7y ago
  And things where the negative effects of lower funding won't be seen for maybe decades down the track might not get enough funding either because their necessity wouldn't be obvious to the average person. Although we have that problem currently too so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
seanwilson 7y ago
> I wish there is a way to allocate the tax that I pay yearly to the programs that I want to fund Isn't that what voting for representatives that represent your general viewpoints is meant to do? You delegate decisions to representatives because it wouldn't be practical to keep up with everything you need to make a large number of informed decisions.