Im no expert, but I have an idea for taxes (3 Viewers)

[darkfenrir]

yes that is what i am saying.

So what you're saying is the government will have discretionary spend set up in the budget, and ask voters to pick from there? Might work but I suspect the cost of administering and auditing such a system would probably outweigh any savings/benefits, and somehow I doubt it would lead to a reduction in taxes (which is what people would usually prefer).

This is what needs to be analysed and calculated, whether or not there will be any substantial benefit from the initiative if there is still administrative stuff to be done. Thus my proposition is to suggest the whole idea to a government official and let THEM calculate whether the benefits are worth the cost, however much it may be.

 

[seremify007]

Really all you're doing is providing another feedback mechanism for people to direct government expenditure in the budgets ahead but not actually reduce it. I can only think this system would work with a significant time lag given that budgets and planned spending need to be locked in (or at least planned for) quite a bit in advance.

 

[darkfenrir]

Really all you're doing is providing another feedback mechanism for people to direct government expenditure in the budgets ahead but not actually reduce it. I can only think this system would work with a significant time lag given that budgets and planned spending need to be locked in (or at least planned for) quite a bit in advance.

You got me there. Perhaps rather than getting straight into the system a referendum should be held and all the ancillary funds the government spends could be listed and people vote off a significant amount of them as "undesirable". KEEPING IN MIND the central economic funds are still kept in place by the government.

Then once a large portion of the undesirables are eliminated, the rest could be left under the control of the people.

Actually fuck it have a referendum to simply COMPLETELY eliminate anything ancillary?? That way the whole administrative stuff involved with the taxes is gone.


YEA THATS MUCH BETTER IDEA get the government to send out forms (Like the census or something) which list all non-critical spending of the government and everyone will just destroy it all hahahl. YAY much better idea!

 

[funkshen]

this is literally the kind of terrible, unworkable idea that some shitty progressive political party would put forward and implement

fuck it, im moving to new zealand

 

[SylviaB]

Then once a large portion of the undesirables are eliminated

 

[funkshen]

this is one of your best attempts yet cosmo

 

[darkfenrir]

Lol that was a fucking brilliant post SylviaB! haha

 

[darkfenrir]

Fuck, I keep looking back at ur post sylvia and I bloody crack up EVERY time haha

 

[Lolsmith]

So why can't I ask that guy when he's joining the Nazi party?

 

[Elwood13]

Don't listen to everyone else - I think it's a great idea.



If there's any issues, just print more money. That way we can have an NDIS and KFC subsidies.

 

[Ashton Jones]

The problem is that people can game this system by expressing extreme preferences instead of the true distribution they would actually like to see.

Say someone that cares a lot about the environment allocated 100% to "environmental protection" even though they wouldn't really want to see 100% of the budget allocated in this way.

 

[townie]

Brogan?