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>I think giving people (not local governments) money And what stops the local government from trying to take a big cut?
by throwaway0a5e 4y ago
>I think giving people (not local governments) money
And what stops the local government from trying to take a big cut?
- ChadNauseam 4y agogood question, maybe you give the money continuously (every month or so) and commit to stop giving it if the local government tries to take too big a cut – then their incentive to start taking a cut would be limited
- hulitu 4y agocorruption.
- DubiousPusher 4y agoYou realize corrupt indivisuala and governments get their fingers into the specific aid that flows through NGOs as well right?
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoOf course. But you plant an liquid asset somewhere and the best they can do is tax it. You move fungible stuff like money or staple grains around and a lot more is going to evaporate along the way.
- tdeck 4y agoThey can force you to hire their contractors for construction and delivery, at an exorbitant price to fund kickbacks. They can have you install infrastructure on public land and then seize that land and use it for an aristocrat's private residence. They can restrict the places you can build infrastructure to provinces that recently favored the ruling party to curry political favor. There are plenty of ways for despots to profit off of "development" projects beyond taxation.
- replygirl 4y agolook up your senators' investments!