If they told you what you were paid for, you would Goodhart it. As every boss knows, you should not give precise orders, but instead ask ambiguous, generic requests, observe what people do, and then hand out punishment or praise based on drawing out combinations of colored sticks.
Consider this: would you be happy if the government actually told you clearly and upfront, in a way you can understand the rationale of, what it’s going to do with your taxes the moment you pay them? I bet you wouldn’t; for if governments were so constrained, you would pick governments whose policies you like, and quickly end up addicted to a spiral of good policing.
Consider this: would you be happy if the government actually told you clearly and upfront, in a way you can understand the rationale of, what it’s going to do with your taxes the moment you pay them?
There are a lot of different things for which government pays money and most government budgets are publically available.
you would pick governments whose policies you like
No I wouldn’t (nor would he) usually because the very high expected personal cost of switching governments will usually swamp the considerations you speak of.
If they told you what you were paid for, you would Goodhart it. As every boss knows, you should not give precise orders, but instead ask ambiguous, generic requests, observe what people do, and then hand out punishment or praise based on drawing out combinations of colored sticks.
Consider this: would you be happy if the government actually told you clearly and upfront, in a way you can understand the rationale of, what it’s going to do with your taxes the moment you pay them? I bet you wouldn’t; for if governments were so constrained, you would pick governments whose policies you like, and quickly end up addicted to a spiral of good policing.
There are a lot of different things for which government pays money and most government budgets are publically available.
No I wouldn’t (nor would he) usually because the very high expected personal cost of switching governments will usually swamp the considerations you speak of.
I was joking, but taking it seriously: I was thinking about voting effectively; do you mean changing country?
Yes, I meant changing country or US state.
It’s pretty bad that I didn’t consider the possibility you were joking.