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The problem is that 30-50% of voters would just look at that and say: Why are you spending €250B on corporate subsidies instead of giving us €250B?!
by onlyrealcuzzo 7mo ago
The problem is that 30-50% of voters would just look at that and say:
Why are you spending €250B on corporate subsidies instead of giving us €250B?!
- pjc50 7mo agoI think the lesson of the UK winter fuel subsidy payment is that while it feels great in year one, it doesn't actually solve any of the problems, and then the voters get incredibly mad if you try to take it away again.
- baq 7mo agoeverything of importance ever done in EU was in response to a major crisis, in no small part because these exact voter emotions are dampened in such times.
- toomuchtodo 7mo ago"Never let a good crisis go to waste."
- supertrope 7mo agoThis can be viewed as a feature not a bug. The defining feature of a republic is stability. Orderly and lawful transfers of power. Not rocking the boat. Deliberative processes. If the people are enjoying prosperity and peace why make drastic changes? So yes when the situation is extreme that's when big shifts in policy happen.
- joe_mamba 7mo ago>The problem is that 30-50% of voters would just look at that and say: Why are you spending €250B on corporate subsidies instead of giving us €250B?! Why is it a "problem" for voters (aka the taxpayers) to ask such questions to their leaders to justify on how their tax money is being spent? To me this feels like basic transparency that keeps democracy in check. To me it's the problem if politicians don't have or don't want to answer those questions because then, either they're grifting or they're incompetent. It's not like we don't have a laundry list of mismanagement, couch corruption cough, of governments spending money on bullshit with nothing to show for, while stuff healthcare keeps being underfunded. So yeah, if you spend my money, you better have an answer.