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Re:French economist scours spreadsheets to find secret offsh... by anoncake on Friday May 24, 2019 @05:36AM (#19999914)
> I feel at some point tax payers should be allowed to select where their money goes

They can, by voting.

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Re:French economist scours spreadsheets to find secret offsh... by adamredwoods on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:02PM (#20003891)
I feel there is a disconnect between voting for representation and where money is allocated. In the US, voting does not guarantee representation, as losing votes are essentially useless.
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Re:French economist scours spreadsheets to find secret offsh... by anoncake on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:35PM (#20004644)
True. But that's a bigger issue than "just" some money being misallocated. Letting taxpayers decide individually where "their" money goes also smells like census suffrage.
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