Editing Tax (section)

===Choice===
{{Main|Tax choice}}
Tax choice is the theory that taxpayers should have more control with how their individual taxes are allocated. If taxpayers could choose which government organizations received their taxes, [[opportunity cost]] decisions would integrate their [[dispersed knowledge|partial knowledge]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Tax morale and conditional cooperation |url=http://www.bsfrey.ch/articles/453_07.pdf |doi=10.1016/j.jce.2006.10.006 |access-date=3 January 2013 |volume=35 |journal=Journal of Comparative Economics |pages=136–59 |year=2007 |last1=Frey |first1=Bruno S. |last2=Torgler |first2=Benno |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120090643/http://www.bsfrey.ch/articles/453_07.pdf |archive-date=20 January 2013 }}</ref> For example, a taxpayer who allocated more of his taxes on [[public education]] would have less to allocate on [[public healthcare]]. Supporters argue that allowing taxpayers to [[demonstrated preference|demonstrate their preferences]] would help ensure that the [[government success|government succeeds]] at efficiently producing the [[public goods]] that taxpayers truly value.<ref>{{cite web |title=Do Earmarks Increase Giving to Government? |url=http://cbees.utdallas.edu/papers/gtg2.pdf |publisher=Cbees.utdallas.edu |access-date=3 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303125214/http://cbees.utdallas.edu/papers/gtg2.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2013 }}</ref> This would end [[real estate speculation]], [[business cycle]]s, [[unemployment]] and distribute wealth much more evenly.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}} [[Joseph Stiglitz]]'s [[Henry George Theorem]] predicts its sufficiency because—as George also noted—public spending raises land value.