[quote=pri_dk][quote=sdduuuude]Not with tax money, no.
I would rather they play the role of encouraging people to donate voluntarily and managing the distribution of those funds.
If no funds come in, then the society has chosen not to do this. If lots of funds come in, then society has chosen to support it.[/quote]
Um, we pretty much do that already.
It’s called paying taxes.
Now you seem to be advocating more of a pure democracy, “line item” approach to budgeting, where people vote for specific polices and programs with their wallet. Which is would be interesting, complicated, and an absolutely infeasible mess.
I’d like to hear how that would work…but not really. Because I doubt you’ve thought this through yet.[/quote]
I have thought it through – more than you’ll ever know.
Since you would not really want to know, I’m done with you. You really are a dick, you know. Discussions between you and several people always seem to take a turn that results in you being a jerk. Starting to realize it isn’t them.
