&quot;wouldn&#x27;t it be better to have all this power be in the hands of the democratically chosen&quot;<p>This assumes the money in question belongs to the state to begin with, and we&#x27;re merely deciding how it is to be allocated. That is not the case. This is not the rich deciding what to do with the public money, it&#x27;s the rich deciding what to do with their own money.<p>I think we would all agree, regardless of level of income, we would rather our own money be allocated to the causes that we support, rather than the causes that 51% of people support.