Because they already rob us blind on taxes without having to do anything else.Why does that mean they can't have public fundraisers?
Why are they holding fundraisers to extract more wealth from me when they can just make better use of the resources we already have? Don't wanna fundraise, maybe don't send $20b to Argentina.See, under my system, they'd have had to do a giant "a give money to Argentina" bake sale, and it would have happened.
Roads have to be resurfaced constantly here because of all the salt they dump during winter. They still look like shitThey don't do that here. They just tear up the street for a couple months for, I dunno, optics or something. So when the people ask "what do you even do" they can point to Magnolia Blvd being on its eighth repave of the decade.
Why are they holding fundraisers to extract more wealth from me when they can just make better use of the resources we already have? Don't wanna fundraise, maybe don't send $20b to Argentina.
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They don't do that here. They just tear up the street for a couple months for, I dunno, optics or something. So when the people ask "what do you even do" they can point to Magnolia Blvd being on its eighth repave of the decade.I'm curious. Have you tried emailing a local politicians/offices and asked them about things like this before?
This is effectively what government bonds are.^ That.
I'm curious. Have you tried emailing a local politicians/offices and asked them about things like this before?Nah, not for anything like this. I'm not interested in their PR bullshit, and they're not interested in my complaints.
They do, how do you think they get campaign money.I always assumed campaign funds were explicitly private. Like, check directly from John Smith to Campaign Fund of Senator Turd McBadguy.
they're not interested in my complaints.Ehh, that's exactly what local govt is for
Ehh, that's exactly what local govt is forIt's what it's for , but it's not what it does.
It's what it's for , but it's not what it does.
Well, like I mentioned, I have written to them before, just not about road work. They just write back "yeah I agree but oh well."
You won't know till you try
If you're advocating for a model where things only get done if enough people care to fund it directly, then welcome to libertarian chaos and collapse.Vital stuff that assholes don't want to pay for and aren't affected by would obviously not be up for debate. Like SNAP, for example, would be tax funded.