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I think you'd see voters more willing to approve tax increases if they were allowed to vote on how the taxes are spent. Of course such an 'election' would be a nightmare to administer, but the basic complaint I hear when services are shut down due to 'lack of funding' isn't "why didn't they increase taxes" but "why didn't they shut down (some other) useless service?" If you don't have enough money to pay for everything then let the voters decide what gets shut down!
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