What should be the priority system for government policy?
Given the need to collect a salary, benefits, employ millions, develop policies, enact legislation, provide safety net for healthcare, education, employment, and other investments into our society, build infrastructure, defend borders, assist other nations, invest in science, gather intelligence data, defend the People's rights, Liberties and Freedoms, Defend equality, fair justice for all, explore new frontiers, control financial systems, etc...
Which "systems " should be federalized, vs. run by states or private enterprise?
Should federal tax payers subsidize state governments that overspend by allowing state tax deductions of unlimited amounts?
Where does national defense, infrastructure or healthcare fit in the priority system?
In this day and age, the process could be completely democratic. That is, all lawful voters could participate via an app on their cell phones that allows them to rank projects. Short of that, a sample of voters could do it. So each budget item should be associated with its cost. Do not be surprised if the voters choose to "fix the roads" well before engaging in any highbrow projects.
Although by these days the "democratic instruments" may allow us a fair sensation of choosing development priorities by number of votes, where majorities decide where the investments go first, this is not necessarily a right or appropriate decision.
Within the existing ultra complex territorial systems (urban and rural) and specially for the case of national development priorities, we need to be absolutely aware of the specific reality: conditions and limitations of the legal and regulatory framework, key socio territorial problems and the degree of their main effects and impacts (differentiate those affected, their location, vulnerability, resilience capacity, among others), development results/benefits of existing investments, the appropriateness of existing development plans (priorities set by plans vs real needs and citizen expectations), situation of goals achievement (ODS, sustainable cities, communities, territories), decision making processes and the incidence of citizens, and other technical considerations as detailed (up to date) information, cartography, and a continuous assessment of public evaluation of policies, to fix or adjust a participatory built national development strategy.
Thank you for your responses...it is interesting to ponder, as it appears that the mass population is used as a financing arm of governments, via taxation, for various domestic , international and global outreach initiatives.
There is significant public unrest in many nations, as it becomes clear that national agendas and individual agendas differ in priorities.
Where should the limits be set between what a society says it needs or wants to do, but it needs financing from individuals vs. what an individual needs or wants to do independent of societal pressures.
If I want to build a home, but the government wants to spread globalization, and another sector wants to control the environment, when do my choices become mute and why?
What rights, laws and conditions allow confiscation of personal earnings in the name of someone else's priorities?
Is this not what many political differences come down to at the root?
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