Again, the terms of the trade is set by the government. The government does not have to accept any transaction which doesn’t increase its preference satisfaction. So even if it is the case that individuals are bad at making decisions on where tax money should go, that would not mean that the outcome of this kind of trade would be negative.
The government already allocates money to different policy areas in the budget. That should make it comparatively easy to see to that the ear-marked tax money actually goes to the policy area they were supposed to go to.
Again, the terms of the trade is set by the government. The government does not have to accept any transaction which doesn’t increase its preference satisfaction. So even if it is the case that individuals are bad at making decisions on where tax money should go, that would not mean that the outcome of this kind of trade would be negative.
The government already allocates money to different policy areas in the budget. That should make it comparatively easy to see to that the ear-marked tax money actually goes to the policy area they were supposed to go to.