I wonder how things would change if you could — on the 1040 form, for example — choose how some portion of your taxes got spent.
Today’s shower thought brought to you by doing my taxes and wondering how much of what I’ll pay this year underwrites agencies who’ll undo any good I do elsewhere (undermining bitcoin, say, or spreading misinformation). A sobering thought.
A quick search reveals that this is something people talk about:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_choice
resistancemoney / Andrew M. Bailey
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2023-02-07 01:53:33
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