At least in AZ, we have several tax credits that allow you to donate to organizations in certain categories. Unfortunately it’s a fixed dollar amount and not a percentage of liability.
I agree, it would be nice to control where more tax money was directed.
Elections are how you control where your tax money goes.
Micro-earmarks by voters would create enormous imbalances. Police get so much money for equipment that they can’t spend it all, while public defenders go unfunded.
> Micro-earmarks by voters would create enormous imbalances
How sure are you about this? Would love to see some research into how things would work if taxes were more "crowd-fund" oriented.
> Police get so much money for equipment that they can’t spend it all, while public defenders go unfunded.
Maybe in some places today it would go like that, and in others to opposite. Considering the huge wave of "defund the police and fund social work" in the US today, I think the balance would be the other way.
I agree, it would be nice to control where more tax money was directed.