Democracy's Money Problem

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : But on the matter of how to distribute the funds, Cagé puts forward an elegant solution: Governments should use tax returns to deploy each person's democracy vouchers, possibly giving special credits to the millions who earn so little that they do not pay income tax at all (which means, concretely, at least half the eligible voters in many countries).
48% : Less obviously, in countries that seemingly put the financing of politics directly into the hands of the people -- offering tax deductions for citizens who spend generously on their system of self-rule, so to speak -- the effect is highly skewed: Since the wealthier pay much more in taxes, they disproportionately benefit from such schemes.
42% : In most democracies, taxes ultimately pay these costs, which was also the case in ancient Athens.

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