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wannabuyamonkey said:
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What I MEANT was that you have no direct influence on how your tax money is allocated.



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I could (by way of government) restrict your right to eat fatty foods...



I know I don't have direct controll, but in theory i do have controll by way of my representitives and elected officials. So my question was, should I (the government) have the same level of say over how my tax money is spent in regards to keeping you healthy so that my money isn't wasted in the same way i have say over how my other tx dollers are spent? Right now a portion of my taxes goes towards paying for roads. even though i pay for the roads, I'm not allowed in the HOV lane without a passenger, because my elected officials have decided that would be the most efficient way to spend those dollers. Should my elected officials have the same say over how many Krispy Kreams you eat or how permiscues you are? Now stop dodging the issue and answer it.



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Sorry for being harsh, I realise that there may be a confusion because when I speak of my governments decisions I speak in the first person, because here in America I still have some say in how my government works and have a certain level of controll over thier accountability.



now, so do I,

but that's an indirect control, and not direct. Obviously I take part in the process of deciding who will sit in parliament. But electing the government is the province of the Primeminister, as I believe, it is for your president aswell (?)

now, in terms of influencing the government once it has taken office, that I cannot do. Other than respond to it's politics in the public forum, or simply walk up to the prime minister and say, "Listen Anders, what you're doing now, that stinks" (yes, I can do that) or something like that. Other than those options I have no way of influencing an elected government.

But tell me, do you really have any influence when it comes to allocating the tax funds?

Could Bush Jr. decide that Health care is a right, and the american people has to pay for it and then raise the taxes with, say, 2%?

I realize that it's THAT simple, but I think you take my meaning

Last edited by the G-man; 2005-03-22 2:03 PM.


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