In one way, it would depend on the investment. The reward may not always be monetary and the reward may be grand, but these items should still be desired by us not lobbying firms. Perhaps, there could be a way to have national referendums or some sort of checklist that you send in annually with the choices of items that you would choose to invest in. If an item is not funded very well, it would send the signal that the public feels it is not worth our money at this time.
Of course, the politicians could always lie about what got funded because as the saying goes, its not who voted for what, its who counts the votes....
We already have this system: it's called the New York Stock Exchange.
[And other private equity markets, as well.]
We already have this system: it's called the New York Stock Exchange.
[And other private equity markets, as well.]