Does the British Columbia Washington Border Region Coalition have a purpose?
As is the case of the Washington British Columbia Border Region Coalition, it is encouraging when good people get involved and pursue tax transfers from government with purpose to better the social, economic and ecological conditions in the community in which they live. It is good when government grants such tax transfers to different interest groups for purposes that meet the standard for government intervention in the allocation and pricing mechanism — the allocation of resources into economic production of product and services in the economy. The problem is when government fails in its monitoring and intervening task, and tax transfers and government intervention does not meet the standard. In a democratic governed mixed economic system such as the US and Canada, Governments fundamental task is to be the air traffic control and monitor the allocation and pricing mechanism, and intervene before problems escalate into adversity. That which is not and can never be private sectors task
