In the ensuing comments, Harper suggested that as part of our tax-paying process we should be able to specify what part of the federal budget we wanted our tax dollars allocated to.
Well, it seems that Harper is not the only one thinking along those lines. At least one enterprising blogger has even crafted a new and improved 1040 form that incorporates that suggestion. (click to embiggen)
Makes a lot of sense to me...
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I really like that. Unfortunately, a large part of our population doesn't have enough knowledge about what each of those departments actually do, to make an informed decision about what to fund.
"Unfortunately, a large part of our population doesn't have enough knowledge about what each of those departments actually do, to make an informed decision about what to fund."
Let alone READ, Harper
Of course this would ONLY apply to "citizens" who actually "paid" any "Income Tax" during that year, right?
And, since most can't read, we'd need some of thos European traffic sign pics at the beginning of each category too.
And, there otta' be a Lottery block on every annual tax return for "citizens" who actually "paid" any "income tax" that year, say $1Bbillion.
PS: This may all be a bit premature, of course. It would be interesting to see what the results of a simple questionaire by each member of Congress to their constituents with the same kind of questions would look like. Maybe they could swear on the Federal Register to abide by the guidance of such an annual survey in their voting? (I know there must be something very wrong with that idea, it sounds too simple doesn't it?)
Harper - We let people vote for public officials all the time, and most of the voters don't have a clue about the issues or people involved. Why should tax allocation be any different?
Toejam - Read ... think ... reason ... that's too hard. Let's just vote for whoever promises to give us the most stuff.
Pascvaks - A politician taking an oath has about as much validity as an infomercial promising that you'll lose weight while sitting on your couch.
That would be easy, I would only have to check ten boxes!
Hell, kerrcarto, just check one - the one at the top that says Voluntary Tax rate: 0%!
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