Re:Where did my taxes go?
by fimoreth on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @01:35PM
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I always think as an individual I would like this. But at scale I worry it would incentivize each department to advertise themselves to the public, which seems to me like a waste of funds.
I already dislike the reelection cycle (politicians incentivized to always be fundraising) and would hate to see that happen per department.
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Whatever hypothetical law allowed individual citizens to allocate funds could also ban departments from advertising or misrepresenting what they do.
Thank gosh we didn't just have a huge scandal where DHS secretary Kristi Noem spent 220 million on advertising.
Well since it’s a hypothetical, we can also stipulate that laws are enforced.
Does PBS still do telethons like in days of old?
Re:Where did my taxes go?
by cucumber3732842 on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @01:39PM
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It would probably be wasteful initially but I doubt it would be more wasteful than bad policy that doesn't actually prioritize what the electorate wants.
The police do something similar when a mayoral candidate promises to rein in police spending, it's called the blue flu and it's basically a strike.
I find it odd that the people with the kind of mindset that is driven to become police are even willing to entertain the idea of joining a union.
Well theirs is good, of course, because it protects them from soft-on-crime liberals who want open borders and communism and want to keep them from doing their jobs with ridiculous "ethical standards" and "laws governing acceptable use of force" and "civil rights" and other stupid pro-criminal shit like that.