Understandably, this is a policy that requires knowlegable participants, and is subject to the potential volatility of any democratic system. To prevent fallout and irresponsible allocation, tax choice has built-in checks. The gradual implementation of the system is the primary check, allowing for citizens to become more engaged before opportunities for allocation are expanded. For example only 5% of tax would be discretionary the first year, with the following year being 7%, so on and so forth. Additionally tax choice allows for a tailored level of participation. Citizens could choose to opt-out, allocate between municipal and education budgets, allocate between all departments or at the smallest level, between programs within departments. This tiered approach allows for citizens to participate at the level which best matches their time and knowledge constraints. Residents would also be able to have an option to not allocate tax (opt-out), where their discretionary taxes would be given to the town to allocate. In addition, there would be “protected classes” within the budget that would prevent citizens from removing funds from obligatory expenditures such as bond interest payments, contracted wages and benefits, as well as sensitive classes such as hiring budgets.