tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289891817247307288.post4753293667602817016..comments2023-08-26T09:12:53.148-07:00Comments on Tax Didactic: Reid Reminder: Electoral ParadoxKnox Marlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14525593545854421724noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289891817247307288.post-81634509832209188282011-11-01T14:01:16.334-07:002011-11-01T14:01:16.334-07:00If you get a chance you should read this blog entr...If you get a chance you should read this blog entry recently posted on the Crooked Timber website <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2011/11/01/%E2%80%98we-have-faith-in-our-citizens%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-why/" rel="nofollow">‘We have faith in our citizens’ – why?</a>.Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4289891817247307288.post-34534112960364553302011-11-01T03:50:51.328-07:002011-11-01T03:50:51.328-07:00I wholeheartedly agree that the problem is structu...I wholeheartedly agree that the problem is structural in nature...so not quite sure how "throwing the bums out" will result in a new crop of leaders that are not also primarily focused on reelection. <br /><br />Taxpayers that are fed up with their leaders should have the freedom to allocate their taxes themselves. Nothing will send a louder message to congress. <br /><br />Congress definitely does not have a monopoly on leaders. Therefore, taxpayers should have the option to follow the tax allocation suggestions of leaders that are not in congress. For example...here's <a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-reply-to-jeffrey-sachs.html" rel="nofollow">my reply to Jeffrey Sachs's</a> article where he suggests certain tax allocations. Nearly all of the people who commented on his article agreed with his suggestions. In a pragmatarian system they would have the opportunity to put their taxes where their mouths are. <br /><br />Of course, those very same people might sing a different tune when they were forced to decide which other of their valued public goods they would have to sacrifice in order to follow Sachs's suggestions. That's the concept of opportunity cost...it's the only way we'll ever guarantee the best possible use of limited public resources. Without that, every single tax allocation by congress can be considered a misallocation of public funds.Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.com