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The government should work like that with taxes. Instead of just giving 100% to whatever the government decides it wants to fund, 20% could be reserved to go to

The government should work like that with taxes. Instead of just giving 100% to whatever the government decides it wants to fund, 20% could be reserved to go to what people want it to go to. Have some participation in the tax paying. More interesting and better for the world if we apply that to governments rather than companies :)

reaperducer 7y ago
Instead of just giving 100% to whatever the government decides it wants to fund, 20% could be reserved to go to what people want it to go to. Under that plan, the best funded parts of the government would be the ones that benefit rich people only. Then again, considering the intelligence and temperament of the average person, I think in short order we'd have amazing playgrounds and free hot dog stands everywhere, all under the flag of the hammer and sickle.
- capableweb 7y ago
  Seems to have worked for Porto Alegre, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Alegre#Participatory_budgeting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Alegre#Participatory_bud... > A World Bank paper suggests that participatory budgeting has led to direct improvements in facilities in Porto Alegre. For example, sewer and water connections increased from 75% of households in 1988 to 98% in 1997. The number of schools quadrupled since 1986. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEMPOWERMENT/Resources/14657_Partic-Budg-Brazil-web.pdf http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEMPOWERMENT/Resources/... (English) Seems to also have been implemented in quite some places > By 2001, more than 100 cities in Brazil had implemented PB, while in 2015, thousands of variations have been implemented in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol8/iss2/art8/ http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol8/iss2/art8/ Would be interesting to see how it impacted those places
thekyle 7y ago
That's called participatory budgeting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_budgeting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_budgeting
- capableweb 7y ago
  Thanks for connecting it to a name. I've thought about that thing for some time but never found anything related, so many thanks!

reaperducer 7y ago

Instead of just giving 100% to whatever the government decides it wants to fund, 20% could be reserved to go to what people want it to go to. Under that plan, the best funded parts of the government would be the ones that benefit rich people only. Then again, considering the intelligence and temperament of the average person, I think in short order we'd have amazing playgrounds and free hot dog stands everywhere, all under the flag of the hammer and sickle.

capableweb 7y ago
Seems to have worked for Porto Alegre, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Alegre#Participatory_budgeting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto_Alegre#Participatory_bud... > A World Bank paper suggests that participatory budgeting has led to direct improvements in facilities in Porto Alegre. For example, sewer and water connections increased from 75% of households in 1988 to 98% in 1997. The number of schools quadrupled since 1986. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEMPOWERMENT/Resources/14657_Partic-Budg-Brazil-web.pdf http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEMPOWERMENT/Resources/... (English) Seems to also have been implemented in quite some places > By 2001, more than 100 cities in Brazil had implemented PB, while in 2015, thousands of variations have been implemented in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol8/iss2/art8/ http://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol8/iss2/art8/ Would be interesting to see how it impacted those places

thekyle 7y ago

That's called participatory budgeting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_budgeting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_budgeting

capableweb 7y ago
Thanks for connecting it to a name. I've thought about that thing for some time but never found anything related, so many thanks!