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Re:Taxpayers paying billions for the renovations and constru... by Uvix on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:29PM (#34124270)
One person's "essential" is another person's "nonessential". Schools, libraries, military, the EPA and IRS... it's an interesting idea but I don't see how you'll get agreement on what's actually "essential" beyond lawmakers' salaries.
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Re:Taxpayers paying billions for the renovations and constru... by harha on Saturday December 24, 2022 @11:53PM (#34124395)
That’s why in most situations it would make sense to think about how to do and take less
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Re:Taxpayers paying billions for the renovations and constru... by godelski on Sunday December 25, 2022 @12:00AM (#34124444)
Typically we do this by voting. Voting is one means of solving collective dis/approval decisions.
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Re:Taxpayers paying billions for the renovations and constru... by quickthrower2 on Sunday December 25, 2022 @12:32AM (#34124605)
Hard to have any strategy when every issue goes to a WIIFM vote.
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Re:Taxpayers paying billions for the renovations and constru... by callalex on Sunday December 25, 2022 @12:48AM (#34124705)
WIIFM?
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Re:Taxpayers paying billions for the renovations and constru... by carl_dr on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:08AM (#34124831)
What’s In It For Me.
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Re:Taxpayers paying billions for the renovations and constru... by godelski on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:09AM (#34124846)
Why does this provide more difficulties? Do you think some of this may be resolved with cardinal style voting where several options may be provided and they can be scored/rated?
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Re:Taxpayers paying billions for the renovations and constru... by quickthrower2 on Sunday December 25, 2022 @02:22AM (#34125152)
Vote for a prime minister/party/president like you would employ someone: pick someone great and get the hell out of their way. Obviously they shouldn’t be a dictator: have a senate or parliament. I think we need tweaks to what we have now. Proportional presentation or even just preference voting goes along way to helping balance things out more fairly.
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