04-23-2004, 02:05 PM
rajesh_g
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->One thing that I have always dreamed-of (pie in the sky maybe) is a different form of taxation where the tax payer actually decides which project their tax gets used. Different projects then vie for the tax payer money in order to survive<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think the school voucher system which some advocate in US comes closest to what you are stating here. It's like someone saying this public school system funded by my tax $ is no good, give me credit so that I can go to private school. I can see this being a source of heartburn to other tax $.
Another analogy: at times local cities or states in US vote on certain referendums which might be another form of tax payer deciding on the projects they wish to see their $ go to (or not).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->One thing that I have always dreamed-of (pie in the sky maybe) is a different form of taxation where the tax payer actually decides which project their tax gets used. Different projects then vie for the tax payer money in order to survive<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think the school voucher system which some advocate in US comes closest to what you are stating here. It's like someone saying this public school system funded by my tax $ is no good, give me credit so that I can go to private school. I can see this being a source of heartburn to other tax $.
Another analogy: at times local cities or states in US vote on certain referendums which might be another form of tax payer deciding on the projects they wish to see their $ go to (or not).