One of the important objectives of The School
of Cooperative Individualism is to identify the areas of concern in
our society demanding our attention and resources. Considerable work
lies ahead as we attempt to inform and educate ourselves on the
issues, adopt positions and initiate an advocacy effort. Consistent
with the principles of cooperative individualism, broad consensus must
be obtained on the basis of fact-finding research and open discussion.
This Survey on The Financing of Government -- consisting of
40 statements -- is a first step toward making rational public policy
choices.
The School also has an aggressive objective of adding additional
surveys in the areas of: Government reform (ethics); Election reform
and legislative procedures; Trade policy; Legal systems and crime;
National defense; Social welfare policy (e.g., health care,
education); and Environmental issues. Achieving this objective will
depend on two things: rationing of time to create the surveys, and a
level of participation in this first survey to gauge a strong interest
by visitors.
In this survey on the
financing of government, you are asked to respond to each statement
according to you own position and sentiments. Indicate where you: [a]
Strongly Agree; [b]Moderately Agree; [c] Moderately
Disagree; [d] Stongly Disagree; and, [e] if you do not
feel comforable about making a response at this time, indicate No
Response.
SCI would like to thank you for taking the time to participate in
this survey.