A proposal is put forward to increase the number of police officers.You estimate that your marginal benefit from police protection just equals your tax per police officer at the number of officers that would constitute the police force if the proposal passes.You will therefore vote in favor of the proposal.

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Since the marginal benefit equals the tax per police officer, the individual will experience a net gain from the additional police protection. Therefore, they would vote in favor of the proposal to increase the number of police officers.

A Proposal Is Put Forward to Increase the Number of Police