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Re:Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands ... by rvnx on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:15AM (#32412337)
Well it's not a stupid idea at all, that when you pay taxes, you could vote for the 3 or 4 topics that you want support in priority, and they get allocated a more budget in proportion or something like that.

This could even increase support of people to pay taxes (reducing fraud) as the taxpayers would know they would be supporting projects in line with their vision and lifestyle.

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Re:Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands ... by rootusrootus on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:37AM (#32412712)
I get the idea, but this is basically just admitting that our representative form of government doesn't work. Ostensibly we control our taxes already by who we vote for.
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Re:Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands ... by 4ggr0 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @10:58AM (#32413099)
That sounds like it would bring even more political divisiveness and injustice to the US.
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