Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'

Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by jpttsn on Thursday May 20, 2021 @04:10PM (#27226509)

What if your assumption, that tax dollars go toward a greater good, is shown to be wrong?

Let alone the difficulty of tracing it: assume it’s possible to show where every tax dollar went.

Would you still favor this trnsparency if it’s shown to sometimes benefit individual politicians at the expense of their would be constituents? Just hypothetically?

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by bilbo0s on Thursday May 20, 2021 @04:16PM (#27226590)

Would you still favor this trnsparency [sp] if it’s shown to sometimes benefit individual politicians at the expense of their would be constituents?

Just Devil's Advocate, but wouldn't that be the best outcome? If it showed to which company every tax dollar went. Who the principals are in those companies. And the connections those principals have to politicians allocating the dollars?

Especially if it showed this for every dollar, I'm finding it hard to see a downside. Am I missing something?

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by wvenable on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:11PM (#27227316)

> What if your assumption, that tax dollars go toward a greater good, is shown to be wrong?

Wouldn't we call that a success? You can't fix something that isn't measured. If nobody knows anything concrete then all people have to go on is vague feelings.

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