It looks obvious

Growing up in Israel I’m accustomed for a mentality of disconnect between the tax collected and the government budget. It isn’t rare than when discussing an issue it will be referred as "It is free, it is paid by the state", or "The state should fund this" without making the connection to the fact that the source of the money is the collected tax.

Readers of this blog should know by now my dislike for government based solutions or for taxes. However when I need to choose I will favor local government over the federal government. The reasons are simply because local government are by nature limited in the scope and more likely to decide in a way that reflects better the way of life and values of their residents.

Another advantage of local government, and the kind I was not accustom before, is that its offer more direct decision to the public. Decision about the budget are maid by the public and the connection between the tax money collected and the tax money spent are obvious; and the more importantly - tax payer making decision about how do they want that their money will be spent (which is different than wealth distribution).

The results, by the way, are usually better as even some french start noticing.

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