Well one thing to consider is that a great many countries have managed to do it so we aren&#x27;t exactly charting scary new territory.  We&#x27;ve essentially been <i>told</i> that this <i>has succeeded</i> so the real question is why haven’t we at least <i>tried</i> our own version of it?<p>Every single job or project has the risk of eventually being taken over by less competent people (or at least, people who didn&#x27;t understand the entire original vision).  Every taxpayer has to live with the fact that he or she won&#x27;t agree with everything the government does with money.  I would have personally loved to have contributed no tax money at all on the military wastes of the last decade, for example.  Taxpayers don&#x27;t really get to choose at a low granularity, otherwise everyone would find some way to cherry-pick to the point that nothing big could get done.<p>The way to fix it is to put skin in the game personally.  Quit your job and apply to work for the government; or, write to a congressman and really press on them that you consider this important; or better yet, tell 50 of your friends and get some network effects; or join some larger group that petitions for change (as so many other groups do).