No. I don’t think that is the case.

I mean – maybe your point holds. But I feel like it is pretty broad and can be said about anything.

Chocolate is an interesting flavor – but wouldn’t some of those on the edges of society, the unheard cases, become more isolated?

I’m not sure I grok what you were trying to get across.

Unfortunately, what will prevent it from coming to pass (save revolution) is wrestling power, and control from the few and putting it into the hands of the many.

Politicians, and other figures of power are in the place they are for a reason — and it isn’t because they do the best job. It’s because they’re willing to do what it takes to install themselves in those positions.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and all that.

But hey… If no one dreams than change can never truly happen. Keep it up, and keep it public. Scream the truth, and what SHOULD be as loud as you can.

At first we would – yes. But the popular programs would have a certain limit of how much they need in funding. Once that limit is reached – they are taken off the board and folks have to fund another less fun project. And so on and so forth until everything is funded.

Of course – this assumes that taxes are a zero sum game – which they probably aren’t.

But perhaps in the future there will be computer that can calculate all this so that it does become a zero sum game…….. in a DIGI-DREAM!!!!

I like the idea of more transparency and control, and could see something potentially working with a split — one chunk of taxes to the general fund, another to the area of your choice. But even then, bookmarked funds add another layer of bureaucracy and inflexibility. I’ve seen schools with not enough copies of Hamlet build million-dollar swimming pools, and it’s because of those earmarked sources of cash. Is that just?