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  1. Jun 2022
    1. In France, a wealthyvoter giving 7,500 euros (the current ceiling) to his preferred politicalparty has a right to a tax deduction of 5,000 euros, financed by the restof the taxpayers.
  2. Mar 2019
    1. N'o approprh\,tion is so grudgingly given as the school appropriation, be-cause the mothers and most of the teas:hers have no vote.

      It's interesting how true this has been over time-- certainly in the US. Could it be true that it's because mothers and (most of the teachers) had no vote? Are there other countries or cultures where this dynamic has not historically dominated?