[buzzert]

> we use taxes as a process to crowdsource funding more effectively

Effectively? It doesn't seem to me like most western governments allocate this funding "effectively" at all. How do we increase the accountability?

[jmye]

> Effectively? It doesn't seem to me like most western governments allocate this funding "effectively" at all.

Based on what specific metric? How ought it be allocated? I assume this isn't just some ideological whining.