You can also not choose where your money goes to. If I choose all my money goes to schools, am I still allowed to use the road? How about choosing everything except street lights and promising to not go out after sunset?
Pick the politician that says they will fight for the proirities you prefer the most. They may not get their way but there are other people in the (country/region/town) with other preferences than you and you still get to use the roads, schools, streetlamps and whatnot.
It’s expensive to have elections.
You can also not choose where your money goes to. If I choose all my money goes to schools, am I still allowed to use the road? How about choosing everything except street lights and promising to not go out after sunset?
Pick the politician that says they will fight for the proirities you prefer the most. They may not get their way but there are other people in the (country/region/town) with other preferences than you and you still get to use the roads, schools, streetlamps and whatnot.