Na náš projekt Cena štátu
upozorňuje na stránke Atlas Network aj Cindy Cerquitella z Atlas
Economic Research Foundation.
In the Will Ferrell film Stranger than Fiction , Ferrell plays an IRS agent who
audits a young woman who chose to only pay taxes for the government services
she believed in. I found myself thinking, what a genius plan! I wish I could
only pay for the services I believed it was legitimate for government to
provide, I wonder how much that would be…?
The Institute of Economic and
Social Studies (INESS) in Slovakia seem to have asked the same question,
and decided to answer it. They have created the website, “The Price of the State”
. This website allows you to build an ideal state, and to see how much money
you could save in the process. In addition to this feature, the website
monitors government collections and expenditures, and allows individuals to see
how much they pay for services they take for granted.
What a great idea for raising public awareness about the cost of government!
