I was talking with a coworker yesterday and the topic of taxation came up. He brought up an idea that seems impossible to me, but is worth a discussion in my opinion.
There should be a way to have our payable taxes kept on our paychecks so we could deduct the taxes that we feel we should be paying ourselves, and then send the IRS a check with that amount.
He mentioned an itemization system where he lists where he wants his tax dollars to go and how much goes to each listed department/program. If everyone was allowed to do this, the government would then effectively be funded how the people want it to be.
Now, at the start, I see many glaring issues with this. In short, a lot of people ar