- 10 Aug 2009 01:59
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Well, Social welfare is all well and good, but someone has to pay, right? Even ignoring the costs added any time another organization touches money, the kind of programs (Not necessarily bad ones, either). But Government tends to be inefficient, and that's a fact.
My suggestion is that, instead of social welfare meditated through the government, the government mandate that a certain amount of money be given to charities, which could be evaluated as to whether they are acceptable for that type of charity.
No deficit spending is possible under this plan, since the money comes directly from the taxpayer. It also reduces inefficiencies a good deal, since some charitable organizations spend as much as 90 cents on the dollar towards their cause.
It may (?) also be more appealing to libertarians than direct government welfare, since it doesn't involve direct government control of the welfare process, and gives people some degree of control as to where their taxes go to. That said, I wouldn't presume to speak for them, so you can ignore that or correct me if it doesn't apply.
Anyway, I think this is at least slightly better than having the taxes run amorphously through the Senate, House, and then President (Or whatever applies in your home country)
My suggestion is that, instead of social welfare meditated through the government, the government mandate that a certain amount of money be given to charities, which could be evaluated as to whether they are acceptable for that type of charity.
No deficit spending is possible under this plan, since the money comes directly from the taxpayer. It also reduces inefficiencies a good deal, since some charitable organizations spend as much as 90 cents on the dollar towards their cause.
It may (?) also be more appealing to libertarians than direct government welfare, since it doesn't involve direct government control of the welfare process, and gives people some degree of control as to where their taxes go to. That said, I wouldn't presume to speak for them, so you can ignore that or correct me if it doesn't apply.
Anyway, I think this is at least slightly better than having the taxes run amorphously through the Senate, House, and then President (Or whatever applies in your home country)
-Josh
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Numbers never lie. People, however, lie often, and use numbers to support their falsehoods. For every statistic, there is an equal and opposite statistic.
Any number not followed by a unit and a source is worth 0 seconds of attention (Me 2011).