A spirited exchange on Trust and Government – which seems strangely relevant these days when we have to think hard about what every tax payer is now in hock to due to the deficit:
If you take the Federal Deficit of trillions of dollars, and divide it by the number of tax payers today, this is the number you get.
$112,000 ……. if you divide the deficit by the number of citizens then the number is
$40,000
Now, take a look at the discussion by clicking on the link below, or clicking on the title of this blog.
How would accountability work if we could design a system that taxpayers really knew what they were paying for? In Singapore, there is a Feedback Session on the government budget…. its a little easier with only 4 million people.