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6/6/2014 2:24:16 PM
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Would you prefer to choose where your taxes went?

Welfare (National healthcare, pensions & benefits)

9

Defence (Army, security, police service, etc)

17

Research (Medical, space, technological, etc)

43

Transport (Roads, public buses/trains)

2

Management (Sewage, waste, power, water)

8

Paying as normal (For everything)

19

Other (Please explain)

4

Just a general hypothetical here, if you could choose exactly which governmental department or institute got your taxes, where would you choose to send them? Often I hear people in Britain complain about how "My taxes are paying for benefit cheats and immigrants" or "These roads are terrible, where do my taxes go?" and all that nonsensical jazz. So I thought why couldn't we choose where our taxes went? Obviously if you could see potential problems with that, go ahead and give criticism or better solutions, it would be interesting to see what the Flood thinks. If you don't pay taxes, vote anyway. [b]TL;DR[/b] [i]Where would you want you taxes to go to (if you had to pay)?[/i]

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  • Edited by DeclinedA01: 6/6/2014 4:13:08 PM
    The government's primary purpose is national security. It's conceivable that the other could exist without a government. For example, if a bunch of people wanted a road, those people can pay to have someone build it. However, I have no incentive to build a missile defense system for some guy in another state. All those categories are important, however.

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